Shadyside is 1-9 against Shenandoah since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Shadyside Tigers will take on the Shenandoah Zeps at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Shadyside took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Bridgeport 3-0. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Tigers as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Shadyside took every set by at least ten points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-15, 25-4.
Shadyside's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ali Weatherson led the charge by getting four digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Weatherson a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Addasyn Melanko, who had seven aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Shadyside 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 three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Shenandoah got the win against Monroe Central on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-21, 25-20.
Shadyside's win bumped their record up to 4-10. As for Shenandoah, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Shadyside has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Shenandoah struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Shadyside suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Shenandoah when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Shadyside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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