Volleyball Preview: West Boca Raton Bulls vs. St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders
West Boca Raton hasn't had much luck against St. Thomas Aquinas recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The West Boca Raton Bulls are taking a road trip to take on the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders at 12:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with West Boca Raton sitting on five straight victories and St. Thomas Aquinas on eight.
West Boca Raton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Cooper City as West Boca Raton made off with a 3-0 win.
West Boca Raton never let Cooper City on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 28-26, 25-20.
West Boca Raton's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jeri Lubag, who had five digs and two aces. That's the most aces Lubag has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas Aquinas got the win against Braddock on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. Thomas Aquinas was: they took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-2, 25-8, 25-2.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Thomas Aquinas to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tameary Wardlaw, who had five aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Sofi Tang, who had seven digs and three aces.
St. Thomas Aquinas couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 57.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 25.5% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 40.3%.
West Boca Raton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for St. Thomas Aquinas, their record is now 18-7.
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