Volleyball Preview: Liberty Hurricanes vs. Parkland Trojans
Liberty hasn't had much luck against Parkland recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Liberty Hurricanes will face off against the Parkland Trojans at 8:00 a.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Liberty got the win against Nazareth Area by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hurricanes.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-23, 25-19.
Liberty relied on the efforts of Ava Panik, who had ten digs and three aces, and Abigail Schessler, who had seven digs and four aces. That's the most aces Schessler has posted since back in October of 2023.
Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Parkland had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past the Timberwolves 3-0.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Parkland was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-10, 25-9.
Parkland found their leader in underclassman Josee Kim, who had two aces and 19 assists.
Liberty's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2-4. As for Parkland, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Liberty has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Parkland struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Liberty might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Parkland in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Liberty avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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