Volleyball Preview: Salpointe Catholic Lancers vs. ALA - Gilbert North Eagles
The Salpointe Catholic Lancers will challenge the ALA - Gilbert North Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Salpointe Catholic will be looking to keep their 21-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Salpointe Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Bradshaw Mountain.
Salpointe Catholic got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-17, 28-30, 25-4.
Salpointe Catholic relied on the efforts of Caitlin Hurley, who had four digs and 15 assists, and Nicole Monge, who had ten digs. Hurley is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last four games she's played.
Salpointe Catholic 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 nine aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, everything went ALA - Gilbert North's way against Mesquite on Thursday as ALA - Gilbert North made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
ALA - Gilbert North's got stronger as the match went on, holding Mesquite to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 27-25, 25-23, 25-12.
ALA - Gilbert North is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 26-11 record this season. As for Salpointe Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 27-10.
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