Volleyball Game Preview: Shadow Creek Sharks vs. Manvel Mavericks

By Team Reports Oct 3, 2024, 1:12am

Volleyball Preview: Shadow Creek Sharks vs. Manvel Mavericks

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Shadow Creek has won eight straight games at home, while Manvel has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Shadow Creek Sharks will host the Manvel Mavericks at 4:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.

Last Tuesday, Shadow Creek made easy work of Alvin and carried off a 3-0 win.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Shadow Creek was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-10, 25-14.

Meanwhile, everything went Manvel's way against Pasadena Memorial on Tuesday as Manvel made off with a 3-0 victory.

Manvel was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-18, 25-13.

Kenedy Massie was nothing short of spectacular: she had eight digs, four aces, three kills, and a block. She is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last 19 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Nevaeh English, who had 11 kills and four digs.

Manvel was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They are a perfect 4-0 when they serve at least ten aces.

Shadow Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-8 record this season. As for Manvel, their win bumped their record up to 23-10.

Shadow Creek was able to grind out a solid victory over Manvel in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Does Shadow Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Manvel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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