Volleyball Preview: Pine Knights vs. Cardinal Newman Crusaders
On Wednesday Pine will have to hit the road after eight straight games at home. They and the Cardinal Newman Crusaders are set to duel. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Pine is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Somerset College Prep Academy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 3-1 to the Spartans.
Pine was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Somerset College Prep Academy work for it, especially in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 20-25, 25-19, 26-24.
Despite the defeat, Pine got top-tier performance from Juliette Swan, who had 36 digs and a kill. The team also got some help courtesy of Amelia Mitchell, who had 12 digs and 17 assists.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman suffered their biggest loss since September 17th on Tuesday. They came up short against Jupiter Christian, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Crusaders in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost five in a row.
Cardinal Newman was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-11, 27-25.
Pine's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-4. As for Cardinal Newman, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-7.
Pine suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cardinal Newman when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Can Pine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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