Gilbert hasn't had much luck against Aiken recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Gilbert Indians will square off against the Aiken Fighting Green Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Gilbert won the last time they faced Gray Collegiate Academy and Abigail Widmann did her part to make sure it happened again. Gilbert narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Gray Collegiate Academy 3-2 thanks in part to Widmann, who had 16 digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Gilbert wouldn't go down easily and took Gray Collegiate Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 27-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-10.
Gilbert was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Aiken, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They put the hurt on Crestwood with a sharp 3-0 win on Wednesday.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Aiken was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-15, 25-9.
The victory got Gilbert back to even at 13-13. As for Aiken, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.
Gilbert came up short against Aiken in their previous matchup back in October, falling 3-1. Can Gilbert avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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