Volleyball Preview: St. John's Mavericks vs. Santa Fe Indians
The St. John's Mavericks will take on the Santa Fe Indians at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. John's is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest victory since August 20th on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Lamar.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-7, 25-21.
St. John's couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.9% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 21% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 35.4%.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe made easy work of Ball on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.
Santa Fe's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Ball between 16 and 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-16, 25-19.
St. John's has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Santa Fe, the victory got them back to even at 17-17.
St. John's was able to grind out a solid win over Santa Fe in their previous meeting back in September of 2022, winning 2-0. Does St. John's have another victory up their sleeve, or will Santa Fe turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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