Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Lila Safavi and Amaia Fowler Lead Sidwell Friends to Victory

By Team Reports Nov 2, 2024, 10:07am

Volleyball Recap: Sidwell Friends Quakers vs. Connelly School of the Holy Child

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There's no place like home for Sidwell Friends, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They put the hurt on Connelly School of the Holy Child with a sharp 3-0 victory on Monday. That's more bragging rights for the Quakers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Sidwell Friends' got stronger as the match went on, holding Connelly School of the Holy Child to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-18, 25-15.

Leading Sidwell Friends to victory were Amaia Fowler and Lila Safavi. Fowler had nine aces and three kills, while Safavi had six aces. The dominant performance gave Safavi a new career-high in aces.

Sidwell Friends was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 32 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive games.

Sidwell Friends' record is now 11-7. As for Connelly School of the Holy Child, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-8.

Sidwell Friends has already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Holton-Arms on the 30th. Connelly School of the Holy Child does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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