Volleyball Preview: Pine Lake Prep Pride vs. Corvian Community Cardinals
Pine Lake Prep is 4-0 against Corvian Community since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pine Lake Prep Pride will stay at home for another game and welcome the Corvian Community Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Corvian Community took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Pine Lake Prep, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Pine Lake Prep made easy work of Langtree Charter and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Pine Lake Prep took every set by at least 16 points. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-9, 25-9.
Pine Lake Prep's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Payton Bielec, who had 20 assists. Bielec is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted eight or more in the last 34 games she's played dating back to last season.
Pine Lake Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Corvian Community was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Mountain Island Charter, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-15, 25-21.
Despite the defeat, Corvian Community had strong showings from Peyton Church, who had 14 digs, and Addison Voll, who had six digs. The last time Voll's hitting percentage was this high was back in August.
Pine Lake Prep pushed their record up to 9-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Corvian Community, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Pine Lake Prep has serving mastered this season, having averaged 11.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Corvian Community struggles in that department as they've been averaging 16.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pine Lake Prep was able to grind out a solid victory over Corvian Community when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Pine Lake Prep have another victory up their sleeve, or will Corvian Community turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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