The Marist War Eagles will face off against the St. Pius X Catholic Golden Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Marist sitting on 18 straight victories and St. Pius X Catholic on seven.
Last Tuesday, Marist was able to grind out a solid win over Cross Keys, taking the game 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Marist was: they took both sets by at least 21 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-1, 25-4.
Marist couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 74.2% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.3% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 44.1%.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X Catholic earned a 2-0 victory over Dunwoody on Tuesday.
St. Pius X Catholic never let Dunwoody on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21.
St. Pius X Catholic relied on the efforts of Sofia Ziran, who had 12 digs, and Amber Diaz, who had eight digs.
Marist has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season. As for St. Pius X Catholic, they now have a winning record of 20-19.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Marist has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.5 aces per game. However, it's not like St. Pius X Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Marist beat St. Pius X Catholic 2-0 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marist since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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