The Flint Hill Huskies are on the road again on Friday to play the Collegiate Cougars at 6:00 p.m.
Flint Hill is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Potomac School, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Flint Hill was ranked fourth). Flint Hill fell just short of Potomac School by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. While the Huskies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 25-18 in the first set.
Flint Hill started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-17, 15-11.
Despite the loss, Flint Hill had strong showings from Kadi Pynchon, who had 36 digs and two aces, and Delaney Malloy, who had 22 digs. With that strong performance, Pynchon is now averaging an impressive 11 digs per game.
Even though they lost, Flint Hill 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 six aces in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Collegiate's way against Saint Gertrude on Tuesday as Collegiate made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
One reason for the win was Collegiate's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-17.
Flint Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 17-4. As for Collegiate, their victory bumped their record up to 14-9.
Everything went Flint Hill's way against Collegiate when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as Flint Hill made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Flint Hill 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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