Volleyball Preview: Monroeville Eagles vs. Carey Blue Devils
Monroeville is 3-0 against Carey since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Monroeville Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Carey Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Monroeville made easy work of Lakota and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Monroeville never let Lakota on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-18.
Addison Homan and Kaci Poths were among the main playmakers for Monroeville as the former had 14 digs and the latter had four digs and 11 assists.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Carey had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Roughriders out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
Carey was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 19-25, 24-26, 25-10, 15-12.
Gabby Summit was the offensive standout of the contest as she had 18 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Carey was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last five matches.
Monroeville's win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-1. As for Carey, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Monroeville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 12.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Carey struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Monroeville took their victory against Carey in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. Will Monroeville repeat their success, or does Carey have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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