Volleyball Preview: All S Saints vs. Southwest Christian School Eagles
All S is on a 12-game streak of home wins, while Southwest Christian School is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The All S Saints will host the Southwest Christian School Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, All S got the win against Grapevine Faith Christian by a conclusive 3-0.
All S's got stronger as the match went on, holding Grapevine Faith Christian to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-17, 25-8.
Meanwhile, everything went Southwest Christian School's way against Fort Worth Christian on Tuesday as Southwest Christian School made off with a 3-0 victory.
Southwest Christian School never let Fort Worth Christian on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-17, 25-23.
Southwest Christian School can attribute much of their success to Mylie Duong, who had nine digs and two aces, and Anna Kate Johnson, who had seven digs.
All S's win bumped their record up to 39-3. As for Southwest Christian School, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: All S has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Southwest Christian School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
All S took their victory against Southwest Christian School in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Southwest Christian School's Karsyn Evans, who had 21 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will All S still be able to contain Evans? There's only one way to find out.
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