Volleyball Game Preview: Upper Dublin on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 2:09am

Volleyball Preview: Upper Dublin Cardinals vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials

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Upper Dublin is 1-9 against Plymouth Whitemarsh since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Upper Dublin Cardinals will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials at 5:30 p.m.

Upper Dublin is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Upper Merion Area back in August.

Upper Dublin started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-16.

Meanwhile, Plymouth Whitemarsh came tearing into Thursday's game with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Hatters as they made off with a 3-0 victory.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Plymouth Whitemarsh took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 25-14, 25-12.

Giuliana Storti and Brooke Peduzzi were among the main playmakers for Plymouth Whitemarsh as the former had nine digs and two aces and the latter had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces Peduzzi has posted since back in August.

Plymouth Whitemarsh was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 17 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.

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