The Assumption Rockets will take on the Sacred Heart Valkyries at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Assumption sitting on four straight victories and Sacred Heart on nine.
Assumption is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Christian Academy-Louisville, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Assumption was ranked second). Everything went Assumption's way against Christian Academy-Louisville on Monday as Assumption made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Assumption was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-14, 25-13.
Kristen Simon went supernova for Assumption, getting 12 digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Keiran, who had 14 digs.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart made easy work of Central on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Sacred Heart took every set by at least 15 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-10, 25-9.
Charlotte Moyer and Hilary Pehlke were among the main playmakers for Sacred Heart as the former had 14 digs and two aces and the latter had five digs and five aces. Those five aces gave Pehlke a new career-high.
Sacred Heart couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 28.4% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 35.2%.
Assumption pushed their record up to 29-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Sacred Heart, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 33-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Assumption has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Sacred Heart struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Assumption's way against Sacred Heart in their previous meeting back in September, as Assumption made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Assumption since the team 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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