The Colusa RedHawks will square off against the Willows Honkers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Colusa made easy work of Paradise and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the RedHawks.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-19, 25-12.
Colusa's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Olivia Huskey, who had six digs and four aces. That's the most aces Huskey has posted in her last 12 games. The team also got some help courtesy of Abril Guzman, who had 11 digs.
Colusa was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Willows had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Bobcats as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Willows was: they took every set by at least 25 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Colusa's victory bumped their record up to 17-8. As for Willows, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Colusa has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Willows struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Colusa skirted past Willows 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Colusa repeat their success, or does Willows have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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