Seneca has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to face off against the Wilmington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Seneca beat St. Bede 2-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Wilmington waltzed into their match on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Panthers.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Wilmington who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 21-25, 25-12.
Addison Billingsley and Skylar Rossow were among the main playmakers for Wilmington as the former had five digs and two aces and the latter had 13 digs. Rossow has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last seven times she's played.
Wilmington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Seneca pushed their record up to 20-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Wilmington, their record is now 16-5.
Seneca was able to grind out a solid win over Wilmington when the teams last played back in August, winning 2-0. Will Seneca repeat their success, or does Wilmington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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