Volleyball Preview: Harvest Prep Warriors vs. Newark Catholic Green Wave
After both having extra time off, the Harvest Prep Warriors and the Newark Catholic Green Wave will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Harvest Prep has struggled recently with 33 losses in a row, while Newark Catholic will arrive with five straight victories.
Harvest Prep came up short against Miller last Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-15, 25-7.
Meanwhile, everything went Newark Catholic's way against Cardington-Lincoln on Wednesday as Newark Catholic made off with a 3-0 win.
Newark Catholic was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-13.
Newark Catholic can attribute much of their success to Layla Jones, who had four digs and four aces, and Jillian Given, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Jones has posted in her last ten contests.
Newark Catholic 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 five aces in seven consecutive games.
Harvest Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 0-16. As for Newark Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Harvest Prep suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Newark Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Harvest Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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