Volleyball Preview: Racine Lutheran Crusaders vs. The Prairie School Hawks
The Racine Lutheran Crusaders will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against The Prairie School Hawks at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Racine Lutheran and Martin Luther met for a duel on Tuesday where Racine Lutheran came out on top. Everything went Racine Lutheran's way against Martin Luther as Racine Lutheran made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Racine Lutheran took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-13, 25-8.
Ally Rosborough went supernova for Racine Lutheran, getting 13 digs and six aces. That's the most aces Rosborough has posted in her last eight matches.
Racine Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, The Prairie School got the win against Racine Horlick last Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant The Prairie School was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-13, 25-15.
Racine Lutheran's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-11. As for The Prairie School, the win got them back to even at 12-12.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Racine Lutheran has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.5 aces per game. However, it's not like The Prairie School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Racine Lutheran beat The Prairie School 2-0 in their previous matchup back in September. Does Racine Lutheran have another victory up their sleeve, or will The Prairie School turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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