Volleyball Preview: Our Lady Academy Crescents vs. Vancleave Bulldogs
Our Lady Academy is 8-2 against Vancleave since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Our Lady Academy Crescents will challenge the Vancleave Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Our Lady Academy is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Wednesday, everything went Our Lady Academy's way against East Central as Our Lady Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Our Lady Academy took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-10, 25-13.
Our Lady Academy's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kinsley Stegall, who had 14 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Stegall has posted in her last six games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Davis, who had three kills, two aces, and 31 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Our Lady Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Vancleave waltzed into their contest on Thursday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They put the hurt on the Gators with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Vancleave never let Gautier on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 27-25, 25-20.
Our Lady Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 22 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 34-4 record this season. As for Vancleave, their win bumped their record up to 16-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Our Lady Academy has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 9.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Vancleave struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Our Lady Academy's way against Vancleave in their previous meeting back in August, as Our Lady Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Our Lady Academy since the team 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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