The Kenesaw Blue Devils will face off against the Cedar Catholic Trojans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Kenesaw was able to grind out a solid victory over Alma, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
Kenesaw had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-17.
Meanwhile, everything went Cedar Catholic's way against Hartington-Newcastle on Tuesday as Cedar Catholic made off with a 3-0 win.
Cedar Catholic was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-10, 25-16.
Cedar Catholic can attribute much of their success to Bailey Hochstein, who had 15 digs, and Lauren Bernecker, who hit 57.1% for eight kills and seven digs and five aces. That's the most aces Bernecker has posted since back in August.
Cedar Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive games.
Kenesaw is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 23 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-6 record this season. As for Cedar Catholic, their record is now 13-18.
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