The Weyauwega-Fremont Warhawks will square off against the Lourdes Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Weyauwega-Fremont will be strutting in after a victory while Lourdes will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Weyauwega-Fremont made easy work of Wittenberg-Birnamwood and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warhawks.
Weyauwega-Fremont's got stronger as the match went on, holding Wittenberg-Birnamwood to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-15, 25-13.
Weyauwega-Fremont was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lourdes and Central Wisconsin Christian met for a duel on Tuesday where Lourdes couldn't get it done. Lourdes fell just short of Central Wisconsin Christian by a score of 3-2. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Lourdes took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 21-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Lourdes' defeat came about despite a quality game from Reagan Jaber, who had 11 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Jaber has posted in her last eight matchups.
Weyauwega-Fremont's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-3. As for Lourdes, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-14.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Weyauwega-Fremont has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Lourdes struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Weyauwega-Fremont came up short against Lourdes when the teams last played back in October of 2014, falling 3-1. Can Weyauwega-Fremont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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