Volleyball Preview: St. Anne-Pacelli Vikings vs. Shaw Raiders
St. Anne-Pacelli has been away from home for five games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Shaw Raiders at 6:30 p.m. Shaw took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Anne-Pacelli, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, St. Anne-Pacelli narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Brookstone 3-2.
In the three sets St. Anne-Pacelli was on fire: they won each by at least nine points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-14, 24-26, 25-14, 15-6.
St. Anne-Pacelli can attribute much of their success to Nolabelle Schoenborn, who had 18 digs and nine aces, and Hadley Schoenborn, who had 18 digs. The dominant performance gave Nolabelle a new career-high in aces.
St. Anne-Pacelli was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Brookstone only served seven.
Meanwhile, Shaw was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Kendrick by a score of 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Shaw sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-16, 21-25, 15-13.
St. Anne-Pacelli pushed their record up to 26-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Shaw, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
St. Anne-Pacelli beat Shaw 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Does St. Anne-Pacelli have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shaw turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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