Peru has gone 9-1 against Plattsburgh recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Peru Nighthawks will head out to challenge the Plattsburgh Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Peru comes in on three and Plattsburgh on six.
On Tuesday, everything went Peru's way against AuSable Valley as Peru made off with a 3-0 victory.
Peru never let AuSable Valley on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-16, 25-22.
Peru found their leader in underclassman Alysa Darrah, who had 23 digs. Darrah is crushing it when it comes to digs: she's had at least 11 every time she's taken the court this season.
Peru was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Plattsburgh made easy work of Lake Placid on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Plattsburgh was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-16, 25-18.
The match pitted two dominant setters against one another in Sadie Walker and Norah Galvin. Walker had a great game and had three kills, three digs, and three digs. Meanwhile, Galvin did her best for the losing side, getting four kills, four digs, and four digs.
Peru now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Plattsburgh, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Peru has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 16.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Plattsburgh struggles in that department as they've been averaging 17.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Peru might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Plattsburgh when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Walker, who had 11 digs and three aces. Now that Peru knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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