Skyline and Issaquah are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2021, but not for long. The Skyline Spartans will venture away from home to square off against the Issaquah Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Skyline beat Mount Si 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 26-24, 25-27, 27-25.
Skyline can attribute much of their success to Sophia Jagga, who had eight digs and 18 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicole Matsuda, who had 16 digs.
Skyline was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Issaquah came tearing into Monday's match with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 3-0 win.
Issaquah was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-20, 25-16.
Issaquah can attribute much of their success to Casey Kot, who had nine digs, and Anna Ng, who had four digs and two aces.
Skyline's victory bumped their record up to 3-7-2. As for Issaquah, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-1-1 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's game: Skyline has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Issaquah struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Skyline was able to grind out a solid win over Issaquah in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Issaquah's Becca Lowder, who had 23 digs and two aces. Now that she won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be easier for Skyline to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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