Cascade and Mooresville are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Cascade Cadets will take on the Mooresville Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Cascade will be strutting in after a win while Mooresville will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Wednesday, Cascade beat Decatur Central 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cadets.
Cascade had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-15.
Cascade was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Mooresville didn't have quite enough to beat Edgewood on Saturday and fell 2-1.
Mooresville actually scored more points across those three sets (62-58), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 17-25, 15-13.
Despite the loss, Mooresville had strong showings from Izzy Vanover, who had ten digs, and Ashlyn Nielsen, who had seven digs.
Cascade has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. As for Mooresville, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Cascade has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 6.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Mooresville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cascade skirted past Mooresville 2-1 in their previous meeting back in August. Will Cascade repeat their success, or does Mooresville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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