The Westwood Redhawks will venture away from home to square off against the West Florence Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Westwood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 13 games.
Last Thursday, Westwood was able to grind out a solid win over Lugoff-Elgin, taking the game 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-22, 14-25, 25-16.
Meanwhile, everything went West Florence's way against Ridge View on Thursday as West Florence made off with a 3-0 victory.
While West Florence won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-15.
West Florence can attribute much of their success to Lexi Rogers, who had four digs and three aces, and Addison Pusser, who had four digs. Those three aces gave Rogers a new career-high.
West Florence kept the net locked down and finished the game with 38 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least 24 blocks in three consecutive matches.
Westwood pushed their record up to 14-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for West Florence, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Westwood has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.1 aces per game. However, it's not like West Florence struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Westwood was able to grind out a solid win over West Florence when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Westwood since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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