The Tekamah-Herman Tigers are 3-2 in their last five matches, losing 2-0 to Clarkson/Leigh on Thursday at the East Husker Conference Tournament in North Bend, and 2-0 at BRLD on Saturday in Wisner, but beating Pender 2-1, also on Saturday in Wisner.
Tekamah-Herman topped Fremont Bergan and Scribner-Snyder 2-0 at their home Triangular Tuesday night.
The Patriots defeated the Tigers 25-13 in the first set, and 25-21 in the second set.
The Wolverines knocked off Tekamah-Herman 25-18 in set one, and 25-16 in set two.
The Tigers downed the Knights 25-23 in the opening set, and 25-22 in the decisive set.
Tekamah-Herman beat the Trojans 25-21 in set one, and 25-18 in set two.
Tekamah-Herman heads into Thursday's home match with Howells-Dodge winners of four out of their last six. Head Coach Becky Rennerfeldt says her middle hitters have made all the difference.
"Our middle hitters are our main hitters, and they get a lot of kills for us. Our outside hitters, they're working hard to just play really good defense. But both our middle hitters, Liz Dlouhy and Marin Jetensky, are playing really well."
12-16 Tekamah-Herman hosts 21-5 Howells-Dodge in High School Volleyball Action Thursday night on 107.9 the Bull. Rennerfeldt says she expects the Jaguars to be tough even though they've struggled lately.
"Yeah I talked to a few coaches about that at a meeting, and they seem to be maybe in a slump, but they're playing good teams too when they've lost this year. So they're always a good team. They always come to Tekamah-Herman ready to play. And we know that it's going to be a really tough game for us, but one that we're hoping that we can compete in."
The Jaguars have dropped three in a row.
Howells-Dodge's losses have been to good teams as Rennerfeldt said though so the Jaguars are certainly capable of beating the Tigers.
Howells-Dodge's losses in that stretch are to Stanton, Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family, and North Bend Central.
With that said, Tekamah-Herman has been playing very well lately, and I think the Tigers have a shot to knock off the Jaguars.
I would say some of Howells-Dodge's recent struggles have been due to the competition, but also the Jaguars not being ready to play, at least in the Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family match.
With that said, if the Jaguars aren't ready to play and aren't on top of their game against the Tigers, then I think Tekamah-Herman can win.
I think the Tigers can win regardless of how well Howells-Dodge plays, but I think the chances would be better if the Jaguars had another off night.
It's senior night for Tekamah-Herman, and I look for the Tigers to come out and play inspired.
I look for Dlouhy and Jetensky to have big matches for Tekamah-Herman, and lead this team like they always do.
Howells-Dodge, particularly their middle blockers, aren't that tall so it will be interesting to see if Dlouhy and Jetensky can have success against the likes of Sam Brester, Hailey Eikmeier, and Grace Dvorak.
It's Pink Out Night, and I look for the Tigers to play well and be very competitive against the Jaguars.
First serve is set for 7:15 p.m. on the Bull.
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