The Brownstown Central Braves will head out on the road to face off against the Seymour Owls at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Brownstown Central has four straight victories, Seymour has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Brownstown Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Jennings County, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Brownstown Central was ranked sixth). Brownstown Central had just enough and edged Jennings County out 3-2.
Brownstown Central had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-8.
Finley Wheeler and Jaydynn Yeadon were among the main playmakers for Brownstown Central as the former had five kills, four digs, and four digs and the latter had 27 digs. Wheeler is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last 30 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Olivia Fritz, who had eight digs.
Brownstown Central kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're block total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Seymour entered their game against New Albany on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Seymour fell just short of New Albany by a score of 3-2.
Seymour started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 16-25, 25-17, 25-23, 16-14.
Despite the defeat, Seymour got top-tier performance from Jamie Bobb, who had 16 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Bobb has posted since back in August of 2023.
Brownstown Central is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-2 record this season. As for Seymour, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-11.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Brownstown Central has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 6.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Seymour struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Brownstown Central was able to grind out a solid win over Seymour in their previous meeting back in August, winning 2-0. Does Brownstown Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Seymour turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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