Volleyball Preview: Saint Mary's Hall Barons vs. San Antonio Christian Lions
Saint Mary's Hall hasn't had much luck against San Antonio Christian recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Saint Mary's Hall Barons will take on the San Antonio Christian Lions at 6:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Monday.
Last Wednesday, everything went Saint Mary's Hall's way against Providence Catholic as Saint Mary's Hall made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Barons.
Saint Mary's Hall's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Providence Catholic to exactly 20 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-20, 25-20.
Saint Mary's Hall's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Breanna Benavides, who had 17 digs and six aces. Benavides has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last 24 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Devika Patel, who had 11 digs.
Saint Mary's Hall was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 11 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, San Antonio Christian made easy work of St. Augustine on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
San Antonio Christian was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-17, 25-16.
San Antonio Christian can attribute much of their success to Sydney Smith, who had 11 digs and two aces, and Isabella Carvajal, who had two aces. That's the most aces Carvajal has posted in her last six contests.
Saint Mary's Hall's win bumped their record up to 15-11. As for San Antonio Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-17 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Saint Mary's Hall has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 12.6 aces per game. However, it's not like San Antonio Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Saint Mary's Hall came up short against San Antonio Christian in their previous meeting on October 3rd, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of San Antonio Christian's Lily Lukianowicz, who had 19 digs and 16 kills. Now that Saint Mary's Hall knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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