Waverly hasn't had much luck against Wheelersburg recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Waverly Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Wheelersburg Pirates at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Waverly sitting on three straight victories and Wheelersburg on eight.
Last Tuesday, Waverly earned a 3-1 win over Western.
The final score came out to 25-18, 18-25, 25-16, 25-23.
North Adams typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Wheelersburg proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Green Devils 3-0.
While Wheelersburg won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-17, 28-26.
Mylee Gleim and Laikyn Hall were among the main playmakers for Wheelersburg as the former had 14 digs and the latter had ten digs. Gleim is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Wheelersburg couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.8% of their attack attempts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Adams only posted a hitting percentage of 16.5%.
Waverly is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season. As for Wheelersburg, their victory was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-2.
Waverly came up short against Wheelersburg when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Waverly avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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