Liberty is 9-1 against Lee's Summit West since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Liberty Blue Jays are on the road again to play the Lee's Summit West Titans. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Liberty is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Park Hill South, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Liberty was ranked fifth). Liberty was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Park Hill South on Tuesday.
Liberty was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-22, 28-26.
Liberty can attribute much of their success to Ella Anderson, who had 14 digs, and Riley Huyser, who had six digs.
Liberty 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 seven aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Lee's Summit West had already won six in a row and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Lee's Summit West's got stronger as the match went on, holding Raymore-Peculiar to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-10.
Lee's Summit West can attribute much of their success to Lainee Mustain, who had 12 digs, and Jaelyn Jordan, who had four digs, a kill, and 20 assists. With that strong performance, Mustain is now averaging an impressive 10 digs per game.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-6 record this season. As for Lee's Summit West, they pushed their record up to 21-10 with the win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Liberty has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Lee's Summit West struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Liberty skirted past Lee's Summit West 3-2 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Will Liberty repeat their success, or does Lee's Summit West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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