Volleyball Preview: Stone Memorial Panthers vs. Soddy Daisy Trojans
After three games on the road, Stone Memorial is heading back home. They will welcome the Soddy Daisy Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Stone Memorial will be strutting in after a win while Soddy Daisy will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, everything went Stone Memorial's way against Central Magnet as Stone Memorial made off with a 3-0 victory.
Stone Memorial's got stronger as the match went on, holding Central Magnet to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-19, 25-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Stone Memorial to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brooke Wilson, who had five aces. The dominant performance gave Wilson a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Lefebvre, who had 12 digs.
Meanwhile, Soddy Daisy came up short against Signal Mountain on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The loss continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost six in a row.
Soddy Daisy started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-22.
Soddy Daisy's defeat came about despite a quality game from Fehnly Sneed, who had 12 digs.
Stone Memorial has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-14 record this season. As for Soddy Daisy, their loss dropped their record down to 14-21-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Stone Memorial has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Soddy Daisy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Stone Memorial was able to grind out a solid win over Soddy Daisy when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Stone Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Soddy Daisy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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