The Abundant Life Challengers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Randolph Rockets at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Randolph took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Abundant Life, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Abundant Life earned a 2-0 victory over Wisconsin Heights.
The win didn't come easy: Wisconsin Heights scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Randolph suffered their biggest loss since September 12th on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Horicon.
While Randolph was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Horicon's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-21, 25-23.
Randolph might have lost, but man, Karly Baird was a machine: she had 19 digs.
Even though they lost, Randolph was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Abundant Life is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Randolph, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-18.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Abundant Life has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Randolph struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Abundant Life came up short against Randolph when the teams last played back in October of 2021, falling 2-0. Can Abundant Life avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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