Olentangy Orange is on a ten-game streak of home wins, while Mentor is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Olentangy Orange is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Dublin Jerome, sneaking past 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Pioneers have posted since September 20th.
Olentangy Orange was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Olentangy Orange can attribute much of their success to Chloe Moore, who had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Moore has posted since back in October.
Moore wasn't the only good servers: Olentangy Orange was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Mentor faced Jackson in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Cardinals came out on top against the Polar Bears by a score of 3-1.
While Mentor might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Jackson scored at least 20 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-27, 25-23, 25-21.
Olentangy Orange's win bumped their record up to 24-2. As for Mentor, their victory bumped their record up to 21-5.
Olentangy Orange beat Mentor 2-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2018. Will the Pioneers repeat their success, or do the Cardinals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
