Volleyball Preview: St. John Lutheran Saints vs. The Rock Lions
The St. John Lutheran Saints will head out on the road to face off against The Rock Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
St. John Lutheran can't be too worried about heading out to take on The Rock: they just beat Santa Fe at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. St. John Lutheran had just enough and edged Santa Fe out 3-2 on Thursday.
St. John Lutheran took Santa Fe into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-13, 18-25, 26-14, 15-7.
Payton Nazzari was nothing short of spectacular: she had 22 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Kinsey Wood, who had a kill and 17 assists.
St. John Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Santa Fe only served four.
Meanwhile, The Rock got the win against Williston on Monday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-12, 25-19.
St. John Lutheran has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for The Rock, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-2.
St. John Lutheran might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from The Rock in their previous meeting back in August. Can St. John Lutheran avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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