Volleyball Preview: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers vs. Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers
After six games on the road, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy is heading back home. They will host the Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Last Saturday, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy didn't have quite enough to beat New Smyrna Beach and fell 2-1.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy actually scored more points across those three sets (60-54), but sadly they still had to settle for second. After all that action, the final score was 14-25, 25-23, 15-12.
The losing side was boosted by Natalie Ruberte, who had 15 digs.
Meanwhile, Melbourne Central Catholic made easy work of Pineapple Cove Classical Academy on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-22.
Melbourne Central Catholic can attribute much of their success to Jackie Ramos, who had eight digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Ramos a new career-high in aces.
Melbourne Central Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matches.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Melbourne Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-6 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's game: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Melbourne Central Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy took their win against Melbourne Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Does Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Melbourne Central Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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