Volleyball Preview: Mater Brickell Academy Bulls vs. Sports Leadership & Management
After both having extra time off, the Mater Brickell Academy Bulls and Sports Leadership & Management will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mater Brickell Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Sports Leadership & Management will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Wednesday, Mater Brickell Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Hialeah Educational Academy 3-2.
Mater Brickell Academy took Hialeah Educational Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-20, 20-25, 23-25, 15-7.
Mater Brickell Academy's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Juliette Cartaya, who had 12 digs. Cartaya is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Colomba Navarro, who had four digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Mater Brickell Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 13.8.
Meanwhile, Sports Leadership & Management was not able to break out of their rough patch back in September as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Immaculata-La Salle, falling 3-0.
Sports Leadership & Management took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-16, 25-22.
Mater Brickell Academy now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Sports Leadership & Management, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Mater Brickell Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Sports Leadership & Management when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 3-2. Will Mater Brickell Academy repeat their success, or does Sports Leadership & Management have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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