Northwest has gone 4-0 against Scottsbluff recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Northwest Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Scottsbluff Bearcats at 3:00 p.m. Northwest is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
On Thursday, everything went Northwest's way against Lexington as Northwest made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-9, 25-13.
Northwest's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Izabel Samelson led the charge by getting six digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Samelson a new career-high in aces.
Northwest couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.6% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Scottsbluff didn't have quite enough to beat Sidney on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Scottsbluff sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 22-25, 25-21, 18-25, 15-8.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Alainah Salas, who had 13 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Northwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Scottsbluff, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Northwest has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Scottsbluff struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Northwest beat Scottsbluff 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Does Northwest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Scottsbluff turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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