The Harvest Community Warriors will challenge the Meadowbrook Academy Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Harvest Community is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Christ's Church Academy with a sharp 3-0 win. Winning may never get old, but the Warriors sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Harvest Community's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Christ's Church Academy between 14 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-14, 25-17.
Harvest Community's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Pria Adhikari, who had 14 digs and two aces, and Emma Shiferdek, who had nine digs. Adhikari is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Meadowbrook Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. Everything went their way against Hernando Christian Academy on Tuesday as Meadowbrook Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
Meadowbrook Academy never let Hernando Christian Academy on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 26-24, 25-7.
Meadowbrook Academy can attribute much of their success to ALEXANDRA JOHNSON, who had 25 digs, eight aces, and a kill. That's the most aces JOHNSON has posted since back in September.
Meadowbrook Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 24 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Harvest Community is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Meadowbrook Academy, they pushed their record up to 21-2 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Harvest Community has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Meadowbrook Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 17.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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