The Bellevue West Thunderbirds will square off against the Grand Island Islanders at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bellevue West took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Bryan as Bellevue West made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bellevue West was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-11, 25-3.
Meanwhile, Grand Island got the win against Bellevue East on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Grand Island was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-11.
Grand Island had a senior duo take command as Reagan Ashby had 26 digs and six aces and Jaysa Wentzlaff had eight digs and five aces. Wentzlaff is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last 61 games she's played dating back to last season. Aralynn Scheel was another key player, getting nine digs.
Grand Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Bellevue West is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-15 record this season. As for Grand Island, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7.
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