DeWitt has won five straight games at home, while Grand Ledge has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The DeWitt Panthers will host the Grand Ledge Comets at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but DeWitt sidestepped Okemos for a 3-2 victory.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was DeWitt who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 17-25, 25-19, 26-28, 15-10.
DeWitt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Grand Ledge's way against East Lansing on Tuesday as Grand Ledge made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Grand Ledge was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-15, 25-13.
Grand Ledge can attribute much of their success to Akira Laing, who had six digs and three aces, and Avery Klopp, who had three digs and two aces. That's the most aces Klopp has posted in her last seven matches.
DeWitt is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9-1 record this season. As for Grand Ledge, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: DeWitt has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Grand Ledge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
DeWitt beat Grand Ledge 3-1 when the teams last played back in September. Will DeWitt repeat their success, or does Grand Ledge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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