Volleyball Preview: St. John Lutheran Saints vs. Meadowbrook Academy Mustangs
St. John Lutheran has gone 10-0 against Meadowbrook Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The St. John Lutheran Saints will welcome the Meadowbrook Academy Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. John Lutheran comes in on four and Meadowbrook Academy on 13.
St. John Lutheran will bounce into Friday's game after beating Orangewood Christian, who they hadn't topped in seven consecutive meetings. St. John Lutheran narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Orangewood Christian 3-2.
St. John Lutheran was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-99), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 22-25, 11-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Meadowbrook Academy's way against Dunnellon on Thursday as Meadowbrook Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-19, 25-14.
Meadowbrook Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of ALEXANDRA JOHNSON, who had 12 digs and four aces, and MIA LEWIS, who had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces JOHNSON has posted since September 9th.
Meadowbrook Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 14 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
St. John Lutheran is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Meadowbrook Academy, they pushed their record up to 13-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: St. John Lutheran has serving mastered this season, having averaged 6.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Meadowbrook Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 18.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went St. John Lutheran's way against Meadowbrook Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2022 as St. John Lutheran made off with a 3-0 win. Does St. John Lutheran have another victory up their sleeve, or will Meadowbrook Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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