Volleyball Preview: Elizabeth Cardinals vs. The Classical Academy Titans
Elizabeth is 1-9 against The Classical Academy since October of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Elizabeth Cardinals will stay at home for another game and welcome The Classical Academy Titans at 6:00 p.m. Elizabeth will be strutting in after a victory while The Classical Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, Elizabeth made easy work of Mitchell and carried off a 3-0 win.
While Elizabeth won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-22, 25-15.
Elizabeth found their leader in underclassman Rebecca Engel, who had 15 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Engel a new career-high in aces.
Elizabeth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, The Classical Academy came up short against Falcon on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 25-10.
Elizabeth has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for The Classical Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.
Elizabeth might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from The Classical Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of The Classical Academy's Bella Klaus, who had 21 digs. Now that Elizabeth knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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