Volleyball Preview: St. Joseph Academy Flashes vs. Crescent City Raiders
St. Joseph Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Crescent City Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, St. Joseph Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Flagler Palm Coast and fell 3-2. The Flashes have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
St. Joseph Academy took Flagler Palm Coast into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 19-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Crescent City unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Menendez by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Crescent City sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 23-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-12.
Despite the loss, Crescent City had strong showings from Reagan Chayer, who had 31 digs and two aces, and Susana Onofre, who had 25 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Onofre a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Crescent City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matches.
St. Joseph Academy's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-8. As for Crescent City, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
St. Joseph Academy skirted past Crescent City 3-2 when the teams last played on September 2nd. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Joseph Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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