The St. Mary's Lancers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Millbrook Blazers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Mary's is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: Shenendehowa, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (St. Mary's was ranked fourth). St. Mary's came out on top against Shenendehowa by a score of 3-1 on Friday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 23-25, 25-16, 25-14.
Sarina Notaro was a one-man wrecking crew for St. Mary's as she had 25 digs. Notaro has been hot recently, having posted 13 or more digs the last three times she's played.
St. Mary's was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Millbrook made easy work of Onteora on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blazers.
Millbrook never let Onteora on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-23, 25-9.
Millbrook can attribute much of their success to Cc Grey, who had 11 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Grey has posted in her last 11 matches.
St. Mary's victory was their 22nd straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 27-1-1. As for Millbrook, their record is now 6-13-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: St. Mary's has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Millbrook struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Mary's beat Millbrook 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Does St. Mary's have another victory up their sleeve, or will Millbrook turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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