Volleyball Preview: North Valley Christian Academy Lions vs. Mountainside Wolves
North Valley Christian Academy is 3-0 against Mountainside since October of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The North Valley Christian Academy Lions will face off against the Mountainside Wolves at 6:00 p.m. North Valley Christian Academy is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
Last Thursday, everything went North Valley Christian Academy's way against St. John Paul II Catholic as North Valley Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was North Valley Christian Academy's feisty defense: they held St. John Paul II Catholic to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-21.
While Mountainside didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Mohave Accelerated 3-0 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Mountainside took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-10, 25-15.
Mountainside's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kennedy Snodgrass, who had ten digs. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Snodgrass now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Mountainside was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 17.8.
North Valley Christian Academy pushed their record up to 16-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Mountainside, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
North Valley Christian Academy took their win against Mountainside in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does North Valley Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountainside turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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