After three games on the road, Danbury is heading back home. They will welcome the Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Danbury's way against Gibsonburg as Danbury made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Danbury took every set by at least 14 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-11, 25-10.
Thea Brickner and Cali Wunder were among the main playmakers for Danbury as the former had ten digs and two aces and the latter had three digs. Wunder is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted eight or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Hopewell-Loudon got the win against Woodmore on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Chieftains.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-22, 25-19.
Danbury is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Hopewell-Loudon, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Danbury has serving mastered this season, having averaged 10.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Hopewell-Loudon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Danbury suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Hopewell-Loudon in their previous meeting back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hopewell-Loudon's Maddie Holcomb, who had 37 digs. Now that Danbury 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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