After three games on the road, Shenandoah is heading back home. They will host the Shadyside Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, everything went Shenandoah's way against Monroe Central as Shenandoah made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-21, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Shadyside had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Bridgeport on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Tigers have posted since August 17th.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Shadyside was: they took every set by at least ten points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-15, 25-4.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Shadyside to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ali Weatherson, who had four digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Weatherson a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Addasyn Melanko, who had seven aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Shadyside was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive contests.
Shenandoah is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. As for Shadyside, their victory bumped their record up to 4-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Shenandoah has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Shadyside struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Shenandoah took their win against Shadyside in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Weatherson, who had 14 digs, seven kills, and 14 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Shenandoah still be able to contain Weatherson? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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