Volleyball Preview: Pikes Peak Christian Eagles vs. Thomas MacLaren School Highlanders
The Pikes Peak Christian Eagles will stay at home for another game and welcome the Thomas MacLaren School Highlanders at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, everything went Pikes Peak Christian's way against Miami-Yoder as Pikes Peak Christian made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-20, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Thomas MacLaren School entered their tilt with Mitchell on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Marauders 3-0.
Thomas MacLaren School was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-20, 25-19.
Thomas MacLaren School can attribute much of their success to Faith Brooks, who had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces Brooks has posted in her last five matches.
Thomas MacLaren School 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 five aces in nine consecutive contests.
The victory got Pikes Peak Christian back to even at 8-8. As for Thomas MacLaren School, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Pikes Peak Christian has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Thomas MacLaren School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pikes Peak Christian took their victory against Thomas MacLaren School when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Pikes Peak Christian repeat their success, or does Thomas MacLaren School have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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