Volleyball Preview: Shaw Cardinals vs. Marlington Dukes
After both having extra time off, the Shaw Cardinals and the Marlington Dukes will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Shaw has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with 16 straight defeats, while Marlington will come in with 19 straight wins.
Shaw came up short against Garfield Heights on Thursday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-11, 25-6.
Meanwhile, Marlington beat Tallmadge 3-1 on Saturday.
Marlington 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 23-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-12.
Among those leading the charge was Claire Battershell, who had seven digs and five aces. Those five aces gave her a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Marlington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 20 consecutive games.
Shaw's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Marlington, their victory was their 20th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-1.
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