The Fontbonne Academy Ducks will face off against the Holbrook Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fontbonne Academy is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Last Monday, Fontbonne Academy came up short against Notre Dame Academy and fell 3-1.
While Fontbonne Academy ultimately came up short, they really made Notre Dame Academy work, particularly in the fourth set. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-19, 17-25, 28-26.
Meanwhile, everything went Holbrook's way against Atlantis on Friday as Holbrook made off with a 3-0 victory.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-18, 25-12.
Holbrook relied on the efforts of Naymiah Paul, who had eight kills, eight aces, and three blocks, and Katie Nguyen, who had six aces, four digs, and three kills. With that strong performance, Nguyen is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyle Esperon, who had five digs, three kills, and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Holbrook was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in nine consecutive matches.
Fontbonne Academy's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Holbrook, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Fontbonne Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Holbrook when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Does Fontbonne Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Holbrook turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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