Castle is 8-1 against Jeffersonville since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Castle Knights will take on the Jeffersonville Red Devils at 9:00 a.m. Castle is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
On Thursday, Castle made easy work of Evansville Central and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Castle took every set by at least 20 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-2, 25-5, 25-5.
Castle can attribute much of their success to 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.
Meanwhile, Jeffersonville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to New Albany.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-15, 25-17.
Castle's win bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Jeffersonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Castle has serving mastered this season, having averaged 9.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Jeffersonville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Castle was able to grind out a solid victory over Jeffersonville when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Castle since the team 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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