Volleyball Preview: St. John's Prep Red Storm vs. Archbishop Molloy Stanners
After three games on the road, St. John's Prep is heading back home. They will welcome the Archbishop Molloy Stanners at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, St. John's Prep didn't have quite enough to beat Cardinal Spellman and fell 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, St. John's Prep sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 24-26, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13.
St. John's Prep's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Markela Magkaniotis, who had six digs and four aces, and Olivia Mura, who had four aces. The dominant performance gave Magkaniotis a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, St. John's Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Molloy didn't have quite enough to beat Ursuline last Saturday and fell 1-0. The Stanners have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Archbishop Molloy sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-16.
St. John's Prep's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Archbishop Molloy, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
St. John's Prep skirted past Archbishop Molloy 3-2 when the teams last played on September 10th. Does St. John's Prep have another victory up their sleeve, or will Archbishop Molloy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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