After both having extra time off, the Pacific Indians and the St. Clair Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Pacific is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
Last Thursday, Pacific made easy work of New Haven and carried off a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-10, 25-20.
Meanwhile, everything went St. Clair's way against St. James on Thursday as St. Clair made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. Clair was: they took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-3, 25-8.
Kaitlynn Van De Wiele had an outrageously good game as she had 12 aces and six digs. Those 12 aces gave her a new career-high.
St. Clair couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 54.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 26.5% earlier this season, but in their last ten contests they've averaged 35.4%.
Pacific has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5-1 record this season. As for St. Clair, their win bumped their record up to 18-10-3.
Pacific was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Clair in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was St. Clair's Claire Merseal, who had 53 digs. Now that she won't be playing on Thursday, will it be easier for Pacific to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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