Volleyball Preview: Chaparral Firebirds vs. Arizona College Prep Knights
The Chaparral Firebirds will face off against the Arizona College Prep Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Chaparral will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Chaparral is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Notre Dame Prep, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Chaparral was ranked tenth). Chaparral walked away with a 3-1 victory over Notre Dame Prep on Monday.
Meanwhile, everything went Arizona College Prep's way against Chandler two weeks ago as Arizona College Prep made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-23, 25-17.
Arizona College Prep can attribute much of their success to Christina Kuang, who had 15 digs, and Autumn Eastham, who had four aces. The dominant performance gave Eastham a new career-high in aces.
Arizona College Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Chaparral's victory bumped their record up to 17-2. As for Arizona College Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 3-12 record this season.
Chaparral beat Arizona College Prep 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Does Chaparral have another victory up their sleeve, or will Arizona College Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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