Zane Trace is 0-6 against Wheelersburg since October of 2016 but things could change on Saturday. The Zane Trace Pioneers are on the road again to play the Wheelersburg Pirates at 12:00 p.m.
Zane Trace is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Huntington just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Huntsmen by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Zane Trace sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 16-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11.
Reise Grant put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had ten digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Zane Trace was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 6.4.
Meanwhile, everything went Wheelersburg's way against Valley on Thursday as Wheelersburg made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wheelersburg was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-9.
Wheelersburg can attribute much of their success to Mylee Gleim, who had seven digs and two aces.
Zane Trace's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Wheelersburg, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Zane Trace has serving mastered this season, having averaged 5.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Wheelersburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Zane Trace came up short against Wheelersburg when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Zane Trace avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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