Volleyball Preview: Summit SkyHawks vs. Fontana Steelers
Summit has gone 10-0 against Fontana recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Summit SkyHawks will host the Fontana Steelers at 7:00 p.m. Summit will be strutting in after a victory while Fontana will be coming in after a loss.
Last Wednesday, everything went Summit's way against Carter as Summit made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the SkyHawks.
The final score came out to 25-9, 25-21, 25-9.
Summit relied on the efforts of Rayleen Togagae, who had four aces and three digs, and Hannah Reyes, who had 12 digs and three aces. Togagae is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Summit was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Fontana came up short against Grand Terrace on Wednesday and fell 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Steelers in their matchups with the Titans: they've now lost five in a row.
Fontana started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-20.
Despite the loss, Fontana had strong showings from Teniece Johnson, who had 17 digs and three aces, and Emily Figueroa, who had 17 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Johnson has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Mila Radojevic, who had five kills and five digs.
Summit has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Fontana, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's contest: Summit has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Fontana struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Summit was able to grind out a solid victory over Fontana in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Will Summit repeat their success, or does Fontana have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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