Volleyball Preview: Gann Academy Red Heifers vs. Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties
After both having extra time off, the Gann Academy Red Heifers and the Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Gann Academy is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Cambridge. Everything went Gann Academy's way against Cambridge back in September as Gann Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
While Gann Academy might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Cambridge scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-15, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Mount St. Charles Academy entered their tilt with Portsmouth Abbey on Wednesday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They put the hurt on the Ravens with a sharp 3-0 victory. While the Mounties didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
One reason for the win was Mount St. Charles Academy's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-16, 25-15.
Mount St. Charles Academy's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sophia Baeta, who had seven digs and five aces. Baeta is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served four or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Marcotte, who had 18 assists.
Mount St. Charles Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 14 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
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