Volleyball Preview: Orange Park Raiders vs. Clay Blue Devils
Orange Park is 2-8 against Clay since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Orange Park Raiders will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Clay Blue Devils, where the match is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Orange Park will be strutting in after a victory while Clay will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Orange Park finally turned things around against Bishop Snyder on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Raiders have posted since September 5th.
Orange Park got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 33-31, 25-15, 25-21.
Rylynn Robinson was a one-man wrecking crew for Orange Park as she had 19 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Orange Park 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 six aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Clay was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of St. Augustine by a score of 3-2.
Clay wouldn't go down easily and took St. Augustine into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-14, 15-25, 23-25, 15-13.
Orange Park's win bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Clay, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Orange Park took their victory against Clay in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Orange Park repeat their success, or does Clay have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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