Volleyball Preview: Collegiate Cougars vs. Flint Hill Huskies
The Collegiate Cougars will challenge the Flint Hill Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Collegiate will be strutting in after a victory while Flint Hill will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, everything went Collegiate's way against Saint Gertrude as Collegiate made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
One reason for the win was Collegiate's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-18, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Flint Hill faced Potomac School in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Flint Hill fell just short of Potomac School by a score of 3-2. The Huskies have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Flint Hill started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-17, 15-11.
Despite the loss, Flint Hill had strong showings from Kadi Pynchon, who had 36 digs and two aces, and Delaney Malloy, who had 22 digs. With that strong performance, Pynchon is now averaging an impressive 11 digs per game.
Even though they lost, Flint Hill 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 six aces in nine consecutive contests.
Collegiate's victory bumped their record up to 14-9. As for Flint Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-4.
Collegiate might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Flint Hill in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Flint Hill's Evie Huang, who had 29 digs and two aces. Now that Collegiate knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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