Volleyball Preview: Daleville Broncos vs. Faith Christian Eagles
After both having extra time off, the Daleville Broncos and the Faith Christian Eagles will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Daleville comes in on five and Faith Christian on three.
Daleville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They skirted past North Miami 3-2.
Daleville wouldn't go down easily and took North Miami into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-19, 25-11, 23-25, 15-10.
Kelsi Kahalekomo was a one-man wrecking crew for Daleville as she had 21 digs. Kahalekomo is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Daleville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian made easy work of Riverton Parke on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Faith Christian's got stronger as the match went on, holding Riverton Parke to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-17.
Caya Stillings went supernova for Faith Christian, getting 19 digs.
Daleville's victory bumped their record up to 25-5. As for Faith Christian, their win bumped their record up to 25-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Daleville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Faith Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Daleville came up short against Faith Christian in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stillings, who had 19 digs and three aces. Now that Daleville 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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