Volleyball Preview: Woodward Academy War Eagles vs. Pope Greyhounds
After both having extra time off, the Woodward Academy War Eagles and the Pope Greyhounds will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Woodward Academy is looking to tack on another W to their 11-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Woodward Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Sequoyah.
Woodward Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-14, 25-11, 25-21.
Woodward Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lotus Jiroch, who had 11 digs and two aces, and Eva Leroux, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Jiroch has posted in her last seven matches.
Meanwhile, Pope had already won 14 in a row and they went ahead and made it 15 on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Eagles.
Pope's got stronger as the match went on, holding Milton to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-18, 25-12.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pope to victory, but perhaps none more so than Amanda Vlkovic, who had 16 digs.
Woodward Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 28 of their last 29 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 40-2 record this season. As for Pope, their victory bumped their record up to 35-5.
Woodward Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Pope in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Will Woodward Academy repeat their success, or does Pope have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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