The Wyoming East Warriors and the River View Raiders are set to duel on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Wyoming East took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Princeton.
While Wyoming East won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-14, 25-17.
Wyoming East relied on the efforts of Lauren Staton, who had four aces and 13 assists, and Kaelyn Meadows, who had three aces. That's the most aces Staton has posted in her last 18 contests.
Meanwhile, River View made easy work of Bluefield last Monday and carried off a 3-0 win.
River View never let Bluefield on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-11, 25-22.
River View found their leader in underclassman Baleigh Auville, who had 11 digs and three aces.
Wyoming East's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-8-1. As for River View, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-16-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Wyoming East has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.4 aces per game. However, it's not like River View struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Wyoming East was able to grind out a solid win over River View in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Will Wyoming East repeat their success, or does River View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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