Poca hadn't done well against Winfield recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Poca The Dots came out on top against the Winfield Generals by a score of 2-0. The The Dots have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Generals, too.
While Poca won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23.
Poca can attribute much of their success to Maylee Richards, who had 12 digs. Richards is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Winfield's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Alexis Callahan, who had four digs and two aces, and Natalie Cook, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Callahan has posted in her last nine matches.
The victory snapped Poca's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 29-10-2 record. As for Winfield, with the loss, they broke their seven-game winning streak and moved their record to 21-11-4.
Poca will welcome Charleston Catholic at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Charleston Catholic will roll in looking for their 11th straight win, something Poca surely won't give up without a fight. As for Winfield, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Sissonville on the 19th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
