National Cathedral are on the road again on Monday to play the Flint Hill Huskies at 4:30 p.m.
National Cathedral is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Georgetown Visitation Prep, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (National Cathedral was ranked 11th). National Cathedral fell 3-1 to Georgetown Visitation Prep on Thursday. While National Cathedral didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating Georgetown Visitation Prep 25-22 in the first set.
National Cathedral started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20.
The losing side was boosted by Ryan Walker, who had nine digs and three aces. She is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played.
Even though they lost, National Cathedral kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, everything went Flint Hill's way against Collegiate on Friday as Flint Hill made off with a 3-0 win.
Flint Hill's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Collegiate between 14 and 16 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-14, 25-15.
Flint Hill can attribute much of their success to Delaney Malloy, who had five aces and three digs, and Kadi Pynchon, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Malloy has posted since October 1st.
National Cathedral has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-6 record this season. As for Flint Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 18-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: National Cathedral has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Flint Hill struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
National Cathedral suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Flint Hill in their previous meeting back in September. Can National Cathedral avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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