Volleyball Preview: St. Joseph's Catholic Knights vs. Palmetto Mustangs
The St. Joseph's Catholic Knights will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Palmetto Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. St. Joseph's Catholic will be strutting in after a victory while Palmetto will be coming in after a loss.
St. Joseph's Catholic can't be too worried about heading out to take on Palmetto: they just beat Cardinal Newman at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. St. Joseph's Catholic won by a set and slipped past Cardinal Newman 3-2.
St. Joseph's Catholic wouldn't go down easily and took Cardinal Newman into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-23, 25-14, 18-25, 15-12.
St. Joseph's Catholic can attribute much of their success to Tiffany Helmer, who had 14 digs and three aces. Helmer is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alicia Hanley, who had three digs and 19 assists.
St. Joseph's Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Palmetto didn't have quite enough to beat Southside Christian on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Palmetto started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 23-25, 25-9, 25-18, 15-9.
St. Joseph's Catholic's record is now 16-17. As for Palmetto, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-13.
Everything went St. Joseph's Catholic's way against Palmetto when the teams last played back in September, as St. Joseph's Catholic made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Joseph's Catholic since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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