Westbrook-Walnut Grove is 8-2 against Edgerton since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers are taking a road trip to challenge the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen at 7:15 p.m. Westbrook-Walnut Grove is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Westbrook-Walnut Grove is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since September 5th on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton.
A big factor in the win was Westbrook-Walnut Grove's feisty defense: they held Russell-Tyler-Ruthton to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-22, 25-19.
Ambrosa Yang went supernova for Westbrook-Walnut Grove, getting 18 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Yang a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Edgerton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Red Rock Central on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Flying Dutchmen.
Edgerton was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (111-105), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 14-25, 21-25, 25-20, 18-16.
Edgerton found their leader in underclassman Liana Bloemendaal, who had 19 digs.
Westbrook-Walnut Grove has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which somehow isn't as good as their 9-1-1 record this season. As for Edgerton, their record is now 3-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Westbrook-Walnut Grove has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Edgerton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Westbrook-Walnut Grove was able to grind out a solid victory over Edgerton in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Westbrook-Walnut Grove since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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