Maryvale Prep entered their tilt with St. John's Catholic Prep on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the St. John's Catholic Prep Vikings. That's more bragging rights for Maryvale Prep, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Maryvale Prep's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping St. John's Catholic Prep between 17 and 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-19, 25-17.
Maryvale Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 17.2.
Maryvale Prep is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season. As for St. John's Catholic Prep, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-7.
Maryvale Prep will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Mount de Sales Academy at 5:00 p.m. As for St. John's Catholic Prep, they will head out on the road to challenge Notre Dame Prep at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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