Volleyball Preview: St. Johns Redskins vs. Northland Prep Academy Spartans
St. Johns is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Northland Prep Academy is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Johns Redskins will welcome the Northland Prep Academy Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, everything went St. Johns' way against Valley as St. Johns made off with a 3-0 victory.
While St. Johns won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-22.
Kaylee Pulsipher had an outrageously good game as she had 16 digs and eight aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season.
St. Johns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Northland Prep Academy made easy work of Hopi on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Northland Prep Academy was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-12, 25-9.
Northland Prep Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Malia Turner, who had ten digs and two aces, and Makenna Murphy, who had eight aces, a kill, and 25 assists. The dominant performance gave Murphy a new career-high in aces.
St. Johns is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for Northland Prep Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 19-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: St. Johns hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 10 blocks per game. It's a different story for Northland Prep Academy, though, as they've been averaging only 0.8. Given St. Johns' sizable advantage in that area, Northland Prep Academy will need to find a way to close that gap.
St. Johns came out on top in a nail-biter against Northland Prep Academy in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Turner, who had 33 digs and two aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Johns still be able to contain Turner? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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