The Madison Comprehensive Rams will venture away from home to take on the Norwalk Truckers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Madison Comprehensive finally turned things around against Waite on Wednesday. They blew past the Indians 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Madison Comprehensive took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-8, 25-4.
Aryana Rogers went supernova for Madison Comprehensive, getting nine aces and five digs. The dominant performance gave Rogers a new career-high in aces.
Madison Comprehensive was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Norwalk hadn't done well against Vermilion recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Norwalk put the hurt on Vermilion with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Truckers have posted against the Sailors since October 8, 2019.
Norwalk never let Vermilion on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-13, 25-22.
Mac Wineman had a dynamite game for Norwalk, getting 19 digs and three aces. Wineman is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Madison Comprehensive's victory bumped their record up to 5-18. As for Norwalk, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's matchup: Madison Comprehensive has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Norwalk struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Madison Comprehensive suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Norwalk when the teams last played back in October of 2018. Can Madison Comprehensive avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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