Smithton hasn't had much luck against Stover recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Smithton Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Stover Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Smithton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Eugene.
Smithton was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (101-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 9-25, 20-25, 25-16, 15-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Stover's way against Otterville on Thursday as Stover made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Stover was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-5, 25-9.
Stover can attribute much of their success to Ashlyn Pinzke, who hit 71.4% for 16 killsten digs and seven aces, and Jenna Nash, who had four digs and two aces. That's the most aces Pinzke has posted since back in September of 2023.
Stover couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 52.5% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 21.9% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 37.5%.
Smithton's record now sits at 8-5-1. As for Stover, they pushed their record up to 15-4-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Smithton came up short against Stover when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Thankfully for Smithton, Hannah Bauer (who had ten digs and two aces) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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