The London Red Raiders will take on the Bishop Ready Silver Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as London comes in on 12 and Bishop Ready on four.
Last Saturday, London made easy work of East and carried off a 3-0 win.
London can attribute much of their success to Ashley Sims, who had six aces and three digs, and Riley Cremeens, who had 20 digs and two aces. Sims is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last 47 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Lylli Ball, who had six aces.
She wasn't the only good server: London was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Bishop Ready got the win against KIPP Columbus on Saturday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bishop Ready was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-8, 25-10.
Bishop Ready relied on the efforts of Allyson Creighton, who had nine aces, and Sophia Dozer, who had eight digs and two aces.
London pushed their record up to 19-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Bishop Ready, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's game: London has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10 aces per game. However, it's not like Bishop Ready struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
London came up short against Bishop Ready in their previous meeting back in October of 2016, falling 2-0. Can London avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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