The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Elkhorn South Storm at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Papillion-LaVista is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since September 5th on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Columbus with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 27-25, 25-23.
Mia Torchia and Karlyn Francis were among the main playmakers for Papillion-LaVista as the former had seven digs and 13 assists and the latter had nine digs and three aces.
Meanwhile, everything went Elkhorn South's way against South Sioux City on Tuesday as Elkhorn South made off with a 3-0 win.
While Elkhorn South might've won, it sure wasn't easy: South Sioux City scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-11, 25-16.
Elkhorn South couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.5% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was since the start of last season.
Papillion-LaVista's record is now 8-23. As for Elkhorn South, they pushed their record up to 23-9 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's matchup: Papillion-LaVista has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Elkhorn South struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Papillion-LaVista might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Elkhorn South when the teams last played back in September. Can Papillion-LaVista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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