After both having extra time off, the Pope Greyhounds and the Woodward Academy War Eagles will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pope comes in on 15 and Woodward Academy on six.
Pope is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Milton.
Pope's got stronger as the match went on, holding Milton to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-18, 25-12.
Pope's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Amanda Vlkovic, who had 16 digs.
Meanwhile, Woodward Academy faced Sequoyah in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Woodward Academy came out on top against Sequoyah by a score of 3-1.
Woodward Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-14, 25-11, 25-21.
Lotus Jiroch and Eva Leroux were among the main playmakers for Woodward Academy as the former had 11 digs and two aces and the latter had eight digs. That's the most aces Jiroch has posted in her last seven matchups.
Pope has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 25 of their last 26 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 35-5 record this season. As for Woodward Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 40-2.
Pope came up short against Woodward Academy when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can Pope avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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