Volleyball Recap: St. Johns Redwings vs. Shepherd Bluejays
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Johns had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They skirted past the Shepherd Bluejays 3-2. The Redwings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bluejays, too.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day St. Johns got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 15-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-3.
Emersyn Sturgis was the offensive standout of the contest as she had seven aces. Those seven aces gave her a new career-high.
St. Johns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
St. Johns is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which somehow still isn't as good as their 30-9-2 record this season. As for Shepherd, the loss snapped their winning streak at seven games and leaves them with a 23-9-6 record.
As of now, neither St. Johns nor Shepherd have any future games scheduled.
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