Volleyball Preview: Sacramento Country Day Cavaliers vs. Buckingham Charter Knights
Sacramento Country Day has gone 9-1 against Buckingham Charter recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Sacramento Country Day Cavaliers will host the Buckingham Charter Knights at 6:00 p.m. Sacramento Country Day will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more sets each contest than the last.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Sacramento Country Day finally turned things around against Valley Christian on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Lions as they made off with a 3-0 win. That three set margin sets a new team best for the Cavaliers this season.
The final score came out to 25-21, 25-13, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Buckingham Charter had already won three in a row, and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Capitals , sneaking past 3-2.
Buckingham Charter took Sacramento Adventist into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. After all that action, the final score was 26-24, 22-25, 18-25, 25-22, 15-8.
Buckingham Charter's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brooke Maurice led the charge by getting six kills, two aces, and 18 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Jessica Taylor, who had six kills, six aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Buckingham Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in five consecutive matchups.
Sacramento Country Day's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Buckingham Charter, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Everything went Sacramento Country Day's way against Buckingham Charter in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Sacramento Country Day made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Sacramento Country Day have another victory up their sleeve, or will Buckingham Charter turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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