The Yorktown Tigers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Castle Knights at 1:00 p.m.
Yorktown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They put the hurt on Lawrence North with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Yorktown's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Lawrence North between 14 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-17, 25-14.
Addi Applegate and Bailey Stevens were among the main playmakers for Yorktown as the former had nine digs and four aces and the latter had three digs and two aces. That's the most aces Stevens has posted in her last seven games.
Yorktown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 20 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Castle faced Franklin Community in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Castle came out on top against Franklin Community by a score of 3-1. The Knights are really starting to get used to good results now that the team has won 15 straight.
Castle had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-18.
Yorktown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 23 of their last 24 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 31-2 record this season. As for Castle, their win bumped their record up to 31-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Yorktown has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Castle struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Yorktown came out on top in a nail-biter against Castle when the teams last played back in September of 2021, sneaking past 3-2. Will Yorktown repeat their success, or does Castle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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