Volleyball Preview: Mourning Sharks vs. Miami Springs Golden Hawks
Mourning is 3-0 against Miami Springs since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Mourning Sharks will be playing at home against the Miami Springs Golden Hawks at 5:30 p.m. Mourning will be looking to keep their 14-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, Mourning didn't have quite enough to beat Reagan and fell 3-2.
Mourning wouldn't go down easily and took Reagan into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-21, 18-25, 19-25, 15-6.
Despite the defeat, Mourning saw an underclassman step up: Julia Shevit had 17 digs and three aces. With that strong performance, Shevit is now averaging an impressive 12.3 assists per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Winston, who had 21 digs.
Meanwhile, Miami Springs suffered their biggest loss since August 21st on Tuesday. They came up short against Hialeah Educational Academy, falling 3-0. Considering the last time the Golden Hawks couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Miami Springs was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-16, 25-11.
Mourning's defeat dropped their record down to 10-2. As for Miami Springs, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Everything went Mourning's way against Miami Springs in their previous matchup back in August of 2021, as Mourning made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Mourning repeat their success, or does Miami Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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