Volleyball Preview: Santa Fe Catholic Hawks vs. Haines City Hornets
The Santa Fe Catholic Hawks will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Haines City Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Santa Fe Catholic will be strutting in after a win while Haines City will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, Santa Fe Catholic made easy work of Victory Christian Academy and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Santa Fe Catholic never let Victory Christian Academy on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 26-24, 25-14.
Santa Fe Catholic's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ajayia Hodges, who had 11 digs and nine kills. Hodges has been hot recently, having posted nine or more kills the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansley Lausell, who had nine kills, six digs, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Santa Fe Catholic 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 five aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Haines City lost 3-0 to Frostproof on Wednesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-9, 25-20.
Santa Fe Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Haines City, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Santa Fe Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Haines City in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Fe Catholic 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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