Holbrook has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to face off against the Fontbonne Academy Ducks at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Holbrook will be strutting in after a victory while Fontbonne Academy will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Holbrook made easy work of Atlantis and carried off a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-18, 25-12.
Holbrook's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Naymiah Paul, who had eight kills, eight aces, and three blocks, and Katie Nguyen, who had six aces, four digs, and three kills. That's the most aces Nguyen has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyle Esperon, who had five digs, three kills, and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Holbrook was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in nine consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Fontbonne Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Notre Dame Academy.
Fontbonne Academy was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Notre Dame Academy work for it, especially in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-19, 17-25, 28-26.
Holbrook is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Fontbonne Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Holbrook came up short against Fontbonne Academy in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Holbrook avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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