The Oak Creek Knights's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Hamilton Chargers on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oak Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Franklin by a score of 3-1.
Oak Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-13, 25-13, 25-16.
Callie Panasuk and Claire Mank were among the main playmakers for Oak Creek as the former had 34 digs and the latter had six digs and five aces. Panasuk has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Oak Creek was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Hamilton entered their tilt with Arrowhead on Saturday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Warhawks.
The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Hamilton relied on the efforts of Emily Zgonc, who had 19 digs, and Sam Hoeksema, who had ten digs.
Oak Creek is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 25-16 record this season. As for Hamilton, their record now sits at 35-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Oak Creek has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Hamilton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Oak Creek came up short against Hamilton when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Oak Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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