Volleyball Preview: Carver Yellowjackets vs. Cornerstone Charter Cardinals
On Tuesday Carver will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will face off against the Cornerstone Charter Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Carver will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Triad Math and Science Academy, who they hadn't topped in six consecutive meetings. Everything went Carver's way against Triad Math and Science Academy on Tuesday as Carver made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Yellowjackets have posted since September 3rd.
A big factor in the win was Carver's feisty defense: they held Triad Math and Science Academy to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-13.
Among those leading the charge was Kathleen Estrada, who had 16 digs and seven blocks. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 16 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Carver was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 17.2.
Meanwhile, Cornerstone Charter entered their tilt with Triad Math and Science Academy on Thursday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They put the hurt on the Bengals with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Cornerstone Charter was: they took every set by at least 18 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-7, 25-5.
Sophia Chandler went supernova for Cornerstone Charter, getting ten aces and ten assists. That's the most aces Chandler has posted in her last seven matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Cassie Causey, who had three aces and 13 assists.
Carver's record is now 4-10. As for Cornerstone Charter, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their 24th straight at home dating back to last season.
Carver suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cornerstone Charter when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Carver avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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