Volleyball Preview: Sunlake Seahawks vs. St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders
After both having extra time off, the Sunlake Seahawks and the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sunlake comes in on six and St. Thomas Aquinas on ten.
Sunlake is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Wednesday. They blew past Steinbrenner 3-0.
While Sunlake won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-13, 25-20.
If South Plantation wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played St. Thomas Aquinas, they should've done a better job of containing Malia Brooks. St. Thomas Aquinas blew past South Plantation 3-0 last Wednesday thanks in part to Brooks, who had six digs and two aces. She is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last seven games she's played.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. Thomas Aquinas was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-11, 25-12.
Sunlake has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for St. Thomas Aquinas, they pushed their record up to 20-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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