Volleyball Preview: Royal Highlanders vs. Upland Highlanders/Scots
The Royal Highlanders will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Upland Highlanders/Scots at 5:00 p.m.
Royal is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Rosary Academy out 3-2.
Royal was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-101), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 16-14.
Temecula Prep typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Upland proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Patriots. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Highlanders/Scots.
Upland had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-14.
Addison Contreras and Sydney Ryan were among the main playmakers for Upland as the former had 26 digs, three aces, and two kills and the latter had six digs and two aces. Contreras is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last ten games she's played.
Upland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive matches.
Royal is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Upland, they pushed their record up to 20-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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