The Hillgrove Hawks's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Allatoona Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hillgrove will be strutting in after a win while Allatoona will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, Hillgrove earned a 2-0 victory over Osborne.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Hillgrove took both sets by at least 17 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-4, 25-8.
Hillgrove was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Allatoona didn't have quite enough to beat Kell on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Allatoona sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-18, 26-28, 15-12.
Hillgrove has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Allatoona, their loss dropped their record down to 23-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Hillgrove has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Allatoona struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Hillgrove was able to grind out a solid win over Allatoona in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hillgrove since the squad 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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