The Miller City Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Ottoville Big Green at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Miller City took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They blew past Cory-Rawson 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Miller City took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-9, 25-14.
Miller City found their leader in underclassman Payton Michel, who had 12 digs and 37 assists. Michel is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 27 or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenna Warnimont, who had 12 digs.
Miller City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 16 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Ottoville came tearing into Thursday's match with 12 straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-12.
Ottoville's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jocelyn Langhals, who had 27 digs, and Brooklyn Koester, who had 14 digs.
Miller City has been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Ottoville, they pushed their record up to 21-2 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Miller City has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9 aces per game. However, it's not like Ottoville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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