Volleyball Preview: Corvian Community Cardinals vs. Pine Lake Prep Pride
Corvian Community is 0-4 against Pine Lake Prep since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Corvian Community Cardinals will challenge the Pine Lake Prep Pride at 6:00 p.m.
Corvian Community will head out to face Pine Lake Prep after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Corvian Community might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Mountain Island Charter, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. It was the first time this season that the Cardinals let down their fans at home.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-15, 25-21.
Corvian Community's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Peyton Church, who had 14 digs, and Addison Voll, who had six digs. The last time Voll's hitting percentage was this high was back in August.
Meanwhile, Pine Lake Prep had already won eight in a row, and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Lions.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Pine Lake Prep was: they took every set by at least 16 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-9, 25-9.
Pine Lake Prep's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Payton Bielec led the charge by getting 20 assists. Bielec is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted eight or more in the last 34 games she's played dating back to last season.
Pine Lake Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in nine consecutive matches.
Corvian Community's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-6. As for Pine Lake Prep, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Corvian Community has serving mastered this season, having averaged 16.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Pine Lake Prep struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Corvian Community came up short against Pine Lake Prep when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Corvian Community avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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