After both having extra time off, the Troy Trojans and the Miamisburg Vikings will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Troy's favor as the squad sits on seven straight wins at home while Miamisburg has been banged up by 20 consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, Troy beat Piqua 3-1.
Troy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-19.
Troy had a senior duo take command as Cema Rajab had nine digs and five aces and Lauren Koesters had 13 digs. That's the most aces Rajab has posted since back in August.
Troy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Miamisburg lost 3-0 to Fairmont last Thursday.
Miamisburg was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-12, 25-23.
Miamisburg's defeat came about despite a quality game from Reagan Toole, who had four digs and three aces.
Troy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Miamisburg, their loss dropped their record down to 2-20.
Troy took their win against Miamisburg in their previous matchup back in October of 2018 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Troy repeat their success, or does Miamisburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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