The Whitewater Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lovett Lions at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Whitewater will be strutting in after a victory while Lovett will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Whitewater sidestepped Fayette County for a 2-1 win.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Whitewater got the one that really mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 20-25, 15-11.
Rylee Vessell was nothing short of spectacular: she had 23 digs. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game.
Whitewater was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lovett didn't have quite enough to beat Westlake on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Lovett lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 13-25, 17-15.
Despite the defeat, Lovett saw an underclassman step up: Margaux Godfrey had nine digs.
The victory got Whitewater back to even at 11-11. As for Lovett, their loss dropped their record down to 12-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Whitewater has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Lovett struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Whitewater might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Lovett in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can Whitewater avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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