Volleyball Preview: Escondido Charter Tigers vs. St. Joseph Academy Crusaders
Escondido Charter has gone 6-0 against St. Joseph Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 12:23 p.m. St. Joseph Academy took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Escondido Charter, who comes in off a win.
Last Wednesday, Escondido Charter sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Del Lago Academy.
Escondido Charter was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-21, 14-25, 25-20, 15-9.
Sierra Matters and Audrey Cahill were among the main playmakers for Escondido Charter as the former had 22 assists and the latter had 17 digs, 14 kills, and two aces. Cahill has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last three times she's played.
Escondido Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Tri-City Christian by a score of 3-2.
St. Joseph Academy took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-11, 14-25, 22-25, 25-13, 15-11.
Escondido Charter has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-14 record this season. As for St. Joseph Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-22.
Escondido Charter was able to grind out a solid win over St. Joseph Academy in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. Does Escondido Charter have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Joseph Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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