Spring Valley has won five straight games at home, while Woodrow Wilson has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Spring Valley Timberwolves will host the Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Spring Valley will be strutting in after a victory while Woodrow Wilson will be coming in after a defeat.
Spring Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Morgantown, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Spring Valley was ranked seventh). Spring Valley came out on top against Morgantown by a score of 2-0 on Saturday.
Spring Valley easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-21, 28-18.
Kennedy Davis and Lilly Adkins were among the main playmakers for Spring Valley as the former had seven digs and the latter had 13 digs and a kill. Adkins is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Woodrow Wilson's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Cabell Midland by a score of 2-1. While the Flying Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 25-9 in the first set.
Woodrow Wilson actually scored more points across those three sets (51-49), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 9-25, 25-19, 15-7.
Spring Valley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which somehow still isn't as good as their 31-7-7 record this season. As for Woodrow Wilson, their loss dropped their record down to 37-6-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Spring Valley has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Woodrow Wilson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Spring Valley came up short against Woodrow Wilson when the teams last played on Saturday, falling 2-0. Will Spring Valley have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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