Volleyball Preview: Caprock Academy Eagles vs. North Park Wildcats
Caprock Academy is 2-8 against North Park since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Caprock Academy Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the North Park Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Caprock Academy sidestepped North Fork for a 3-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Caprock Academy took North Fork into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-14, 17-25, 25-18, 22-20.
Meanwhile, North Park came into Saturday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Hayden on Saturday. While the Wildcats didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
North Park took Hayden into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-17, 17-15.
North Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Caprock Academy pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for North Park, their victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 6-4.
Caprock Academy took their win against North Park when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Caprock Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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