Volleyball Game Preview: Lift for Life Academy Hawks vs. Jefferson Blue Jays

By Team Reports Oct 24, 2024, 11:03pm

Volleyball Preview: Lift for Life Academy Hawks vs. Jefferson Blue Jays

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It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks challenges the Jefferson Blue Jays at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Last Wednesday, Lift for Life Academy beat Bishop DuBourg 3-1.

Lift for Life Academy got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 31-33, 25-17, 25-15.

Meanwhile, Jefferson got the win against Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Jays.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Jefferson took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-9, 25-7.

Mady Barbagallo had an outrageously good game as she had 11 digs and seven aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Hueter, who had three aces.

Lift for Life Academy's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 14-10. As for Jefferson, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.

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