After three games on the road, Valley is heading back home. They will welcome the St. Johns Redskins at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, everything went Valley's way against Hopi as Valley made off with a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, St. Johns had already won six in a row and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Vandals with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: St. Johns took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-7, 25-11.
St. Johns can attribute much of their success to Kaylee Pulsipher, who had 11 digs and two aces, and Abby Wagner, who had six aces and four digs. Pulsipher is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
St. Johns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive games.
Valley's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-12. As for St. Johns, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Valley suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to St. Johns when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pulsipher, who had 17 digs and two aces. Now that Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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