The Wheelersburg Pirates and the Adena Warriors are set to duel on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Wheelersburg comes in on 16 and Adena on 17.
Wheelersburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Union Local as Wheelersburg made off with a 3-0 win.
Wheelersburg never let Union Local on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-11, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Adena made easy work of Zane Trace on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
While Adena won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-17, 27-25.
Adena's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kortney Sowers led the charge by getting 11 digs and 22 assists. Sowers has been hot for a while, having posted 12 or more assists the last 13 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kimmy Dalton, who had 22 digs.
Wheelersburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-2 record this season. As for Adena, their win bumped their record up to 23-3.
Wheelersburg suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Adena when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Wheelersburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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