Vinton County has gone 9-1 against Wellston recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Vinton County Vikings will head out to challenge the Wellston Golden Rockets at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vinton County has three straight wins, Wellston has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Vinton County and River Valley met for a duel on Thursday where Vinton County came out on top. Vinton County put the hurt on River Valley with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Vikings have posted since September 17th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Vinton County was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-8, 25-14.
Vinton County found their leader in underclassman Shyann Holcomb, who had seven digs and five aces. Those five aces set a new season-high mark for Holcomb.
Vinton County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Wellston came up short against Oak Hill on Monday and fell 3-1.
Wellston was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Oak Hill work for it, especially in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 20-25, 29-27, 25-19.
The victory got Vinton County back to even at 10-10. As for Wellston, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.
Vinton County was able to grind out a solid win over Wellston in their previous matchup back in September, winning 2-0. Will Vinton County repeat their success, or does Wellston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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