Park Hill and Park Hill South are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. The Park Hill Trojans will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Park Hill South Panthers at 5:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Monday, Park Hill sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Lee's Summit North.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (102-101) Park Hill actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 17-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Park Hill South had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Blue Jays out 3-2.
Park Hill South wouldn't go down easily and took Liberty into a fifth set where they got it done with a 15-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21, 12-25, 18-25, 15-0.
Avery Demint went supernova for Park Hill South, getting ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Demint has posted in her last ten matchups.
Park Hill South was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 6.5.
Park Hill has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Park Hill South, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Park Hill has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7 aces per game. However, it's not like Park Hill South struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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