Volleyball Preview: Bartow Yellow Jackets vs. Santa Fe Catholic Hawks
The Bartow Yellow Jackets will take on the Santa Fe Catholic Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Bartow has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Santa Fe Catholic will come in with five straight victories.
Bartow will head out to face Santa Fe Catholic after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Bartow took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lake Gibson.
The final score came out to 25-10, 25-23, 23-25, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Catholic made easy work of New Dimensions on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Santa Fe Catholic took every set by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 25-12, 25-13.
Santa Fe Catholic's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ansley Lausell, who had ten kills and four aces, and Leah Masserella, who had 11 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Lausell has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrea Pollard, who had eight kills and seven digs.
Santa Fe Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Bartow's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Santa Fe Catholic, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Bartow took their win against Santa Fe Catholic in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Bartow repeat their success, or does Santa Fe Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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