Volleyball Preview: Jackson-Reed Tigers vs. Flint Hill Huskies
Jackson-Reed hasn't had much luck against Flint Hill recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Jackson-Reed Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Flint Hill Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Jackson-Reed is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
Jackson-Reed is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Dunbar, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Jackson-Reed was ranked sixth). Jackson-Reed came out on top against Dunbar by a score of 2-0 on Thursday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Jackson-Reed was: they took both sets by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-12.
Among those leading the charge was Ida Steinberg, who had four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Flint Hill beat St. John's 3-1 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Huskies.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23.
Kadi Pynchon had an outrageously good game as she had 21 digs and six aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Flint Hill was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Jackson-Reed's record is now 9-1. As for Flint Hill, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the win, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Jackson-Reed has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 20.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Flint Hill struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Jackson-Reed suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Flint Hill when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Flint Hill's Evie Huang, who had 13 digs and seven aces. Now that Jackson-Reed knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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