The St. Johns Redskins will square off against the Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Johns is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 12 games.
St. Johns had won five straight road games and Kaylee Pulsipher did her part to make it six on Saturday. St. Johns was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Winslow thanks in part to Pulsipher, who had 18 digs and two aces. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
St. Johns' got stronger as the match went on, holding Winslow to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-18, 25-13.
St. Johns kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge got the win against Winslow on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Yellow Jackets.
Blue Ridge never let Winslow on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-22, 25-20.
St. Johns is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Blue Ridge, the win got them back to even at 20-20.
St. Johns skirted past Blue Ridge 2-1 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Blue Ridge's Hannah Auza, who had 20 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Johns still be able to contain Auza? There's only one way to find out.
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