Richmond Hill and Savannah Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Richmond Hill Wildcats will take on the Savannah Christian Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Richmond Hill sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Savannah Arts Academy. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Richmond Hill had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 24-26, 25-12, 19-17.
Meanwhile, Savannah Christian had already won three in a row, and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Bluejackets by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Savannah Christian was: they took both sets by at least 20 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-5.
Avery Hutto had a dynamite game for Savannah Christian, getting 11 aces. The dominant performance gave Hutto a new career-high in aces.
Savannah Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive games.
Richmond Hill's victory was their 13th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-10. As for Savannah Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won 17 of their last 20 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Richmond Hill beat Savannah Christian 2-0 in their previous matchup back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for Richmond Hill 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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