The Tri-County Penguins will head out to challenge the Hilbert Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tri-County has four straight wins, Hilbert has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, Tri-County made easy work of Port Edwards and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-14, 25-19.
Tri-County's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Makenna Rettler, who had ten kills, nine digs, and six aces. Rettler is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had nine or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Cali Eastling, who had 13 digs, eight kills, four aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Tri-County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hilbert didn't have quite enough to beat Houghton on Saturday and fell 2-1.
Hilbert actually scored more points across those three sets (55-50), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 10-25, 15-12.
Tri-County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for Hilbert, their loss dropped their record down to 9-17.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Tri-County has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Hilbert struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Tri-County might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Hilbert in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Can Tri-County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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