The Pleasant Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the River Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. River Valley took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Pleasant, who comes in off a win.
Pleasant will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Highland, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Pleasant blew past Highland 3-0 on Tuesday. The victory was nothing new for the Spartans as they're now sitting on three straight.
After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 25-20, 25-21.
Madi Pendleton and Kamryn Roberts were among the main playmakers for Pleasant as the former had 14 digs and the latter had 16 digs. Pendleton is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, River Valley came up short against Ontario on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
River Valley started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-16.
Pleasant's win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-2. As for River Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Pleasant has serving mastered this season, having averaged 10.2 aces per game. However, it's not like River Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Pleasant's way against River Valley in their previous meeting back in August as Pleasant made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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