Volleyball Preview: Buckingham Charter Knights vs. Sacramento Adventist Capitals
The Buckingham Charter Knights will face off against the Sacramento Adventist Capitals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Last Thursday, Buckingham Charter made easy work of Cristo Rey and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Buckingham Charter took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-4, 25-11.
Jessica Taylor had an outrageously good game as she had ten aces and three kills. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Margrethe Lim, who had five aces and 11 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Buckingham Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 35 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in 11 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Sacramento Adventist earned a 2-0 win over Monterey Bay Academy on Thursday.
Sacramento Adventist easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-8.
Buckingham Charter has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Sacramento Adventist, their victory bumped their record up to 11-5.
Buckingham Charter skirted past Sacramento Adventist 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Sacramento Adventist's Sarai Nicacio, who had 18 digs and three aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Buckingham Charter still be able to contain Nicacio? There's only one way to find out.
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