It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles challenges the Austintown-Fitch Falcons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Avon sitting on four straight wins and Austintown-Fitch on three.
Avon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Riverside 3-0.
The victory didn't come easy: Riverside scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-16, 25-15.
Addie Reinart was the offensive standout of the contest as she had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in October.
Meanwhile, Austintown-Fitch had just enough and edged Wooster out 3-2 on Thursday.
Austintown-Fitch was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-102), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 15-12.
Austintown-Fitch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in nine consecutive matchups.
Avon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season. As for Austintown-Fitch, their win bumped their record up to 20-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Avon hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 4.1 blocks per game. It's a different story for Austintown-Fitch, though, as they've been averaging only 1. Given Avon's sizable advantage in that area, Austintown-Fitch will need to find a way to close that gap. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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