Volleyball Preview: Episcopal School of Jacksonville Eagles vs. St. Johns Country Day Spartans
The Episcopal School of Jacksonville Eagles are on the road again on Thursday to play the St. Johns Country Day Spartans at 6:00 p.m. St. Johns Country Day took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Episcopal School of Jacksonville, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Episcopal School of Jacksonville was able to grind out a solid win over Orange Park, taking the game 2-0.
The final score came out to 25-21, 25-22.
Episcopal School of Jacksonville relied on the efforts of Lacey Reed, who had eight digs and two aces, and Caelan Chesser, who hit 75% for 12 kills and nine digs. The dominant performance gave Chesser a new career-high in hitting percentage.
Episcopal School of Jacksonville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Orange Park only served six.
Meanwhile, St. Johns Country Day came up short against Union County on Saturday and fell 2-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 25-21.
Episcopal School of Jacksonville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for St. Johns Country Day, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Everything went Episcopal School of Jacksonville's way against St. Johns Country Day in their previous matchup back in September of 2016 as Episcopal School of Jacksonville made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Episcopal School of Jacksonville 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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