Volleyball Preview: Pensacola Christian Academy Warriors vs. Jay Royals
Pensacola Christian Academy hasn't had much luck against Jay recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Pensacola Christian Academy Warriors will play host again on Monday to welcome the Jay Royals, where the match is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Thursday, everything went Pensacola Christian Academy's way against Full Life Christian Academy as Pensacola Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pensacola Christian Academy was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-14, 25-8.
Pensacola Christian Academy can attribute much of their success to Natalie Jones, who had five aces and four digs. The dominant performance also gave Jones a new career-high in aces.
Pensacola Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 16 aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Jay came tearing into Tuesday's contest with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Panthers 3-0.
Jay was generally in control, but really had to dig deep in the first set to get the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-15, 25-13.
Pensacola Christian Academy's victory bumped their record up to 10-5. As for Jay, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's matchup: Pensacola Christian Academy has serving mastered this season, having averaged 19.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Jay struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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