Dover has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to take on the Strasburg-Franklin Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Dover is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since September 5th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Steubenville as Dover made off with a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-8, 25-19.
Dover's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Madeline Fockler, who had ten digs, and Chera Schmidt, who had seven digs.
Dover was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last nine contests.
Meanwhile, Strasburg-Franklin made easy work of Malvern on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Strasburg-Franklin was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 25-21.
Dover's victory bumped their record up to 15-2. As for Strasburg-Franklin, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Dover has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 7.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Strasburg-Franklin struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Dover was able to grind out a solid win over Strasburg-Franklin when the teams last played back in September of 2014, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Dover since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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