Volleyball Preview: Sacred Heart Valkyries vs. Assumption Rockets
The Sacred Heart Valkyries's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Assumption Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Sacred Heart is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Mercy, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Sacred Heart was ranked third). Sacred Heart was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Mercy on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-18, 25-13.
Sacred Heart was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mercy only served four.
Meanwhile, Assumption posted their biggest victory since September 12th on Wednesday. They put the hurt on St. Henry with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Rockets as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Assumption never let St. Henry on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-22.
Assumption got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kristen Simon out in front who had 15 digs.
Sacred Heart has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for Assumption, their victory bumped their record up to 19-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Sunday's match: Sacred Heart has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Assumption struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Sacred Heart came up short against Assumption when the teams last played on September 3rd, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Assumption's Emily Keiran, who had 31 digs. Now that Sacred Heart knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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