The Perry Pumas will venture away from home to take on the Hamilton Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Perry sitting on four straight wins and Hamilton on five.
Perry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Casteel, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Perry was ranked 18th). Everything went Perry's way against Casteel on Tuesday as Perry made off with a 3-0 victory.
Perry never let Casteel on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-22.
Lily LaFlesch was a one-man wrecking crew for Perry as she had 13 digs and four aces. LaFlesch is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season.
Perry was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hamilton made easy work of Basha on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The victory didn't come easy: Basha scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-7, 25-14, 25-16.
Hailey Johnston and Kira Strawberry were among the main playmakers for Hamilton as the former had four aces and 13 assists and the latter had ten digs. That's the most aces Johnston has posted since back in September.
Perry pushed their record up to 22-14 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Hamilton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-14 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Perry has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7 aces per game. However, it's not like Hamilton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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