Volleyball Game Preview: St. Joseph's Catholic Knights vs. West-Oak Warriors

The St. Joseph's Catholic Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the West-Oak Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.

St. Joseph's Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Broome as they made off with a 3-0 win.

St. Joseph's Catholic was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-23, 25-12.

EMI REESE HAND

Assists

10/22/25 vs Broome	19
10/16/25 vs Cardinal Newman	14
10/07/25 @ Powdersville	20
10/02/25 vs Palmetto	26
09/30/25 @ Southside Christian	18
+ 2 more games

EMI REESE HAND and ALICIA HANLEY were among the main playmakers for St. Joseph's Catholic as the former had six digs and three aces and the latter had 11 assists and three digs. HAND has been hot, having also posted 14 or more assists the last seven times she's played.

They weren't the only good servers: St. Joseph's Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, West-Oak had already won seven in a row and they went ahead and made it eight on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Mustangs.

The final score came out to 25-8, 25-16, 25-13.

St. Joseph's Catholic's record now sits at 19-16. As for West-Oak, their record is now 18-4.

St. Joseph's Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against West-Oak in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.