The Advance Hornets are on the road again on Friday to play the Santa Fe Chiefs. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Advance is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Bernie.
Advance was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 25-5, 24-26, 25-20.
Brogan Hawkins was nothing short of spectacular: she had 26 digs and two aces.
If Rock Port wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Santa Fe, they should've done a better job of containing Mia Lark. Santa Fe blew past Rock Port 3-0 on Saturday thanks in part to Lark, who had 26 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last five games she's played.
Santa Fe's got stronger as the match went on, holding Rock Port to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-13, 25-11.
Advance is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-11-2 record this season. As for Santa Fe, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 23-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Advance has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Santa Fe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Advance beat Santa Fe 2-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2019. Will Advance repeat their success, or does Santa Fe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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