After both having extra time off, the Roanoke Catholic Celtics and the Carlisle Chiefs will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Roanoke Catholic is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Last Thursday, Roanoke Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Staunton River, taking the game 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-23, 27-29, 25-10, 25-19.
Roanoke Catholic relied on the efforts of Cat Patterson, who had 16 digs, five kills, and five kills, and Justinne Llavore, who had 23 digs, 12 kills, and 12 kills. What's more, Patterson also racked up five aces, the mostshe's had in her last six matches. Addisen Green was another key player, getting 13 digs and ten kills.
Roanoke Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 19.8.
Meanwhile, Carlisle had just enough and edged Chatham Hall out 3-2 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Chiefs.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Carlisle who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 23-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-11.
De'Miya Martin went supernova for Carlisle, getting 29 digs and two aces. Martin has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last five times she's played.
Roanoke Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. As for Carlisle, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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