The Blythewood Bengals will head out to square off against the Lexington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Blythewood comes in on three and Lexington on ten.
Last Thursday, Blythewood had just enough and edged Dutch Fork out 3-2.
Blythewood 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 17-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-11.
Blythewood 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 11 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Lexington's way against White Knoll two weeks ago as Lexington made off with a 3-0 win.
Lexington was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-12, 25-16.
Lexington's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lily Kate Deyo, who had seven digs and two aces, and Ellison Watkins, who had eight digs.
Blythewood has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-15 record this season. As for Lexington, they pushed their record up to 23-5 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Blythewood has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Lexington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Blythewood came up short against Lexington when the teams last played back in September of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Blythewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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