Volleyball Preview: Newark Catholic Green Wave vs. Pleasant Spartans
The Newark Catholic Green Wave will head out to take on the Pleasant Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pleasant is hoping to do what Cardington-Lincoln couldn't last Wednesday: put an end to Newark Catholic's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Newark Catholic blew past Cardington-Lincoln 3-0.
Newark Catholic was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-13.
Newark Catholic's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Layla Jones, who had four digs and four aces, and Jillian Given, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Jones has posted in her last ten matches.
Newark Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cardington-Lincoln only served two.
Meanwhile, Pleasant got the win against Mt. Gilead on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Pleasant took every set by at least 15 points. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-9, 25-4.
Newark Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Pleasant, their win bumped their record up to 21-3.
Newark Catholic beat Pleasant 3-1 when the teams last played back in September of 2015. The rematch might be a little tougher for Newark Catholic since the squad 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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