The Oakwood Hawks will challenge the Kirby Prep Griffins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Oakwood's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Kirby Prep has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, Oakwood narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Monterey Bay Academy 3-2.
Oakwood took Monterey Bay Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-11, 25-15, 21-25, 15-11.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Oakwood to victory, but perhaps none more so than Isabelle Anderson, who had seven aces, six kills, six digs, and a block. Anderson is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Nalani Goulart, who had 21 digs and seven aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Oakwood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Kirby Prep came into Monday's matchup having lost 13 straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Monterey Bay Academy last Monday, sneaking past 3-2.
Kirby Prep was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-98), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 11-25, 25-23, 21-25, 16-14.
Oakwood is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Kirby Prep, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-6.
Oakwood was able to grind out a solid win over Kirby Prep when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Does Oakwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kirby Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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