The Bayfield Wolverines will face off against the Mead Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bayfield comes in on four and Mead on six.
Last Tuesday, Bayfield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Durango.
Bayfield was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-16, 17-15.
Meanwhile, Mead was able to grind out a solid victory over Longmont on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-14.
Mead can attribute much of their success to Alana Costello, who had ten digs and six aces, and Ava Knudson, who had seven digs. That's the most aces Costello has posted since back in November of 2023.
Mead was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive games.
Bayfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Mead, they pushed their record up to 13-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: Bayfield has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Mead struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bayfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Mead in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, sneaking past 3-2. Does Bayfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mead turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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