The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to square off against the St. Johns Redskins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, Blue Ridge got the win against Winslow by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Yellow Jackets.
Blue Ridge never let Winslow on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 25-20.
St. Johns extended their winning streak to 12 games thanks to a huge performance from Kaylee Pulsipher. St. Johns put the hurt on Winslow with a sharp 3-0 win on Saturday thanks in part to Pulsipher, who had 18 digs and two aces. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
One reason for the win was St. Johns' just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-18, 25-13.
St. Johns kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in five consecutive matches.
The victory got Blue Ridge back to even at 20-20. As for St. Johns, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.
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