Volleyball Preview: South Central Satellites vs. Culver Community Cavaliers
South Central is 10-0 against Culver Community since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The South Central Satellites will square off against the Culver Community Cavaliers at 11:00 a.m. South Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Culver Community will come in with 12 straight wins.
South Central came up short against New Prairie last Wednesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-18, 25-8.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Culver Community had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Dragons.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Culver Community was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-10, 25-7.
Culver Community found their leader in underclassman Ashlynn Berndt, who had ten aces and six digs. Those ten aces gave Berndt a new career-high.
Culver Community was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive contests.
South Central's defeat dropped their record down to 18-12. As for Culver Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: South Central has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Culver Community struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
South Central beat Culver Community 3-1 in their previous matchup back in August. Does South Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Culver Community turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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