After six games on the road, St. Francis is heading back home. They will welcome the Whitney Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, St. Francis was able to grind out a solid win over Granite Bay, taking the game 3-1.
St. Francis walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-14, 22-25, 25-18.
St. Francis' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Mana Jafari, who had eight digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Jafari a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Malia Fat, who had 11 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: St. Francis 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 three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Whitney posted their biggest victory since September 12, 2023 on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Davis Sr. as Whitney made off with a 3-0 win.
Whitney never let Davis Sr. on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-21, 26-24.
St. Francis' victory bumped their record up to 20-10. As for Whitney, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-18.
Everything went St. Francis' way against Whitney in their previous matchup back in September, as St. Francis made off with a 3-0 victory. Will St. Francis repeat their success, or does Whitney have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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