The St. Joseph Academy Flashes will face off against the Beachside Barracudas at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Harry Groome
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St. Joseph Academy needed a changed in momentum after dropping six straight matches and they got it from Harry Groome. Everything went the Flashes' way against Eagle's View on Monday as they made off with a 3-0 win for which the team can thank Groome, who had nine aces, three digs, and one block. He has been hot recently, having also posted 13 or more assists the last three times he's played.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: St. Joseph Academy took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-14, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Beachside hadn't done well against Ponte Vedra recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Barracudas put the hurt on the Sharks with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Beachside was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-13, 25-15.
St. Joseph Academy better keep an eye on Logan Koury. He was instrumental in Beachside's win, getting 12 digs and four assists. Those four assists gave Koury a new career-high.
Beachside was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive matchups.
St. Joseph Academy's win bumped their record up to 2-10. As for Beachside, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
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