The St. Joseph Cadets will venture away from home to take on the Warde Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Saturday, everything went St. Joseph's way against Sheehan as St. Joseph made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cadets.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant St. Joseph was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 25-12, 25-17.
St. Joseph was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Warde came tearing into Wednesday's match with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-17, 25-20.
Warde relied on the efforts of Kayla Huynh, who had 20 digs, and Elizabeth Zichil, who had 16 digs.
St. Joseph is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Warde, their record now sits at 4-0.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: St. Joseph has serving mastered this season, having averaged 9.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Warde struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Joseph came up short against Warde in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Thankfully for St. Joseph, Kirra Baker (who had 21 digs and two aces) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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