The Musselman Applemen's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Hedgesville Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Musselman earned a 3-1 victory over Spring Mills.
Musselman was actually outscored in aggregate across those four sets (89-88), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 26-24, 12-25, 25-17.
Bianca Hutzler went supernova for Musselman, getting six digs and three aces. Hutzler has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more assists the last 11 times she's played.
Meanwhile, Hedgesville was able to grind out a solid win over Clear Spring on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
In the three sets Hedgesville was on fire: they won each by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-17, 25-9, 25-10.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hedgesville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kylee Anne East, who had five digs and 17 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Sykes, who had seven digs and 12 assists.
Musselman is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Hedgesville, their record is now 10-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Musselman has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like Hedgesville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Musselman came out on top in a nail-biter against Hedgesville in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Does Musselman have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hedgesville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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