Pleasant is on a 16-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Shelby is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pleasant Spartans will host the Shelby Whippets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Pleasant got the win against Marion Harding by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-10, 25-20.
Pleasant got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kamryn Roberts out in front who had five digs and five aces. That's the most aces Roberts has posted since back in August.
Pleasant 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 five aces in 26 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything went Shelby's way against Ontario on Thursday as Shelby made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Shelby took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-4, 25-13, 25-11.
Shelby can attribute much of their success to Kendra Walp, who had 18 digs, and Ava Bowman, who had five digs.
Pleasant's victory bumped their record up to 19-2. As for Shelby, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Pleasant has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Shelby struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pleasant beat Shelby 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Walp, who had 32 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pleasant still be able to contain Walp? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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