After both having extra time off, The Meadows School Mustangs and the Sports Leadership & Management Bulls will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Meadows School is looking to tack on another W to their 12-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, The Meadows School made easy work of Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: The Meadows School took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-9, 25-9.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead The Meadows School to victory, but perhaps none more so than Piper Kennedy, who had 18 kills, seven digs, and a block. Kennedy is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Evans, who had four digs, three kills, and 29 assists.
Meanwhile, Sports Leadership & Management got the win against Western on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
While Sports Leadership & Management might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Western scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-1, 25-9, 25-16.
Sports Leadership & Management can attribute much of their success to Abigail Anderson, who had nine aces, six digs, and four kills, and Leilani Ennis, who had seven aces, three digs, and two kills. With that strong performance, Anderson is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game. Another player making a difference was Valerie Venzor, who had five digs, three aces, and a kill.
She wasn't the only good server: Sports Leadership & Management was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
The Meadows School is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Sports Leadership & Management, the victory got them back to even at 13-13.
The Meadows School was able to grind out a solid win over Sports Leadership & Management in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for The Meadows School since the squad 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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