Volleyball Preview: St. Cecilia Bluehawks vs. Lincoln Lutheran Warriors
St. Cecilia hasn't had much luck against Lincoln Lutheran recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The St. Cecilia Bluehawks will challenge the Lincoln Lutheran Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Cecilia comes in on five and Lincoln Lutheran on three.
St. Cecilia can't be too worried about heading out to take on Lincoln Lutheran: they just beat Humphrey-Lindsay at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. St. Cecilia had just enough and edged Humphrey-Lindsay out 3-2 on Saturday.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was St. Cecilia who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 29-27, 23-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Lutheran got the win against St. Patrick's on Saturday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-18, 25-13.
Lincoln Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
St. Cecilia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-7 record this season. As for Lincoln Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 32-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: St. Cecilia has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Lincoln Lutheran struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Cecilia came up short against Lincoln Lutheran in their previous meeting back in October, falling 2-0. Can St. Cecilia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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