Pickerington Central is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Logan is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pickerington Central Tigers will host the Logan Chieftains at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Pickerington Central got the win against Reynoldsburg by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Pickerington Central took every set by at least 14 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-11, 25-9.
Lily Foster and Mycaela Massey were among the main playmakers for Pickerington Central as the former had four digs and four aces and the latter had four digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Foster a new career-high in aces.
Pickerington Central couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 51.9% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Logan made easy work of Teays Valley on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Logan was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-15, 25-12.
Logan's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Gracen Grow, who had 11 digs, and Allie Horn, who had nine digs.
Pickerington Central's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Logan, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Pickerington Central has serving mastered this season, having averaged 11.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Logan struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pickerington Central came up short against Logan when the teams last played back in August, falling 3-1. Will Pickerington Central have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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