Westlake and Dobbs Ferry are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Westlake Wildcats are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Dobbs Ferry Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Westlake is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since October 17, 2023 back in September. They put the hurt on Pleasantville with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Westlake was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-14, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Dobbs Ferry entered their tilt with Ursuline on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Koalas 3-2.
Dobbs Ferry wouldn't go down easily and took Ursuline into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 21-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Dobbs Ferry to victory, but perhaps none more so than Taylor Denike, who had 15 kills, 12 digs, and two aces. Denike is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Natasha Mansfield, who had 13 digs, seven kills, and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Dobbs Ferry was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 31 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Westlake now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Dobbs Ferry, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Westlake might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Dobbs Ferry in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Westlake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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