Grand Valley hasn't had much luck against St. John recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Grand Valley Mustangs will look to defend their home court against the St. John Fighting Herald at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Grand Valley had just enough and edged Maplewood out 3-2.
Grand Valley was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-99), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 11-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-13.
Grand Valley 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 eight consecutive games.
Meanwhile, St. John put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Windham 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. John was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-14, 25-10.
Grand Valley's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for St. John, they pushed their record up to 21-0 with the win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Grand Valley has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 13.3 aces per game. However, it's not like St. John struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Grand Valley might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from St. John in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Grand Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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