Appleton West is 0-10 against Kimberly since August of 2018 but things could change on Tuesday. The Appleton West Terrors are taking a road trip to square off against the Kimberly Papermakers at 7:00 p.m.
Appleton West is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Saturday. They fell 2-0 to Green Bay Southwest.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 27-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Kimberly was able to grind out a solid win over Hortonville on Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
Kimberly had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 13-25, 25-10, 25-11, 25-18.
Kimberly's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ava Van Camp led the charge by getting 28 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Tesch, who had 11 digs and four aces.
Appleton West's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Kimberly, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Appleton West might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Kimberly in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Appleton West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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