Volleyball Preview: Junction City/St. Xavier Bluejays vs. Garden City Buffaloes
After two games on the road, Junction City/St. Xavier is heading back home. They will welcome the Garden City Buffaloes on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Junction City/St. Xavier was able to grind out a solid victory over Highland Park, taking the game 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Junction City/St. Xavier took both sets by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Garden City entered their tilt with Dodge City on Saturday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Demons.
Garden City had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-21, 25-14.
Garden City had a senior duo take command as Aleeya Cruz had six digs and 18 assists and Kate Mcdonald had eight digs and two aces.
Garden City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Junction City/St. Xavier's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2-1. As for Garden City, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
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