Hopi is 0-10 against St. Johns since October of 2018 but things could change on Thursday. The Hopi Bruins are on the road again to play the St. Johns Redskins at 4:30 p.m.
Hopi lost 3-0 to Pinon last Wednesday.
Meanwhile, St. Johns entered their tilt with Blue Ridge on Tuesday with 12 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 13. They won by a set and slipped past the Yellow Jackets 3-2.
St. Johns wouldn't go down easily and took Blue Ridge into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-20, 16-14.
St. Johns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 18 consecutive matches.
Hopi's loss dropped their record down to 5-18. As for St. Johns, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-9.
Hopi suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to St. Johns in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Johns' Kaylee Pulsipher, who had 11 digs and eight aces. Now that Hopi knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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