The Waverly Vikings will head out to take on the Duchesne Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Waverly will be strutting in after a victory while Duchesne will be coming in after a defeat.
Waverly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Bennington, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Waverly was ranked tenth). Waverly won by a set and slipped past Bennington 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
Waverly was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-99), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 14-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Duchesne suffered their biggest loss since October 25, 2023 on Thursday. They came up short against Northwest, falling 3-0. The Cardinals' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Duchesne was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-22, 25-15.
The losing side was boosted by Maria Buechler, who had 18 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Waverly is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. As for Duchesne, they now have a losing record at 9-10.
Everything went Waverly's way against Duchesne when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Waverly made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Waverly since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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