Johnson hasn't had much luck against Clark recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars challenges the Clark Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Johnson is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Johnson's way against LEE as Johnson made off with a 3-0 victory.
Johnson never let LEE on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-13, 25-19.
Johnson found their leader in freshman Sierra Seal, who had eight digs and 15 assists. Those eight digs set a new season-high mark for Seal. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Gonzalez, who had 11 assists.
Johnson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Clark unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 3-0 to Reagan. The defeat continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Rattlers: they've now lost three in a row.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Reagan scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-22, 25-22.
Johnson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 25-15 record this season. As for Clark, their defeat dropped their record down to 26-16.
Johnson was able to grind out a solid win over Clark in their previous meeting on October 4th, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Clark's Liz Salinas, who had eight digs and 25 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Johnson still be able to contain Salinas? There's only one way to find out.
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