Volleyball Preview: Nativity BVM Green Wave vs. Pine Grove Cardinals
The Nativity BVM Green Wave's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Pine Grove Cardinals at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, everything went Nativity BVM's way against Shenandoah Valley as Nativity BVM made off with a 3-0 victory.
A big factor in the win was Nativity BVM's feisty defense: they held Shenandoah Valley to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-10, 25-6.
Nativity BVM can attribute much of their success to Morgan Howell, who had five aces and four digs, and Amara Miller, who had five digs. The dominant performance gave Howell a new career-high in aces.
Nativity BVM was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Pine Grove sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Mahanoy Area on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cardinals.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Pine Grove got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 18-25, 16-14.
Nativity BVM's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Pine Grove, their record now sits at 2-3.
Nativity BVM took their win against Pine Grove when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nativity BVM since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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