Spring Mills has gone 8-1-1 against Jefferson recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals takes on the Jefferson Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Spring Mills will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Last Thursday, Spring Mills made easy work of South Hagerstown and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-6, 25-15, 25-20.
Spring Mills' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jayden Junkin, who had ten digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Junkin a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabriella Malatt, who had two aces and 22 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Spring Mills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Jefferson can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Washington.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-23.
Spring Mills is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10-1 record this season. As for Jefferson, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-13-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Spring Mills has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Jefferson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Spring Mills' way against Jefferson in their previous meeting back in September, as Spring Mills made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Spring Mills have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jefferson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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