Jeffersonville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Castle Knights at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Jeffersonville lost 3-0 to New Albany on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-15, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Castle waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Bears as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Castle was: they took every set by at least 20 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-2, 25-5, 25-5.
Castle relied on the efforts of Caroline Kenworthy, who had six digs and three aces, and Karsyn Wilhelmus, who had 11 digs.
Castle couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.5% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was September 12th.
Jeffersonville dropped their record down to 4-9 with that loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Castle, their victory bumped their record up to 14-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Jeffersonville has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Castle struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Jeffersonville came up short against Castle in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Jeffersonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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