After both having extra time off, the Newark Catholic Green Wave and the Shenandoah Zeps will shake off the rust and duke it out at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Newark Catholic will come into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Newark Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Tree of Life Christian 3-0.
Veronica Bailey and Christiana Scarsella were among the main playmakers for Newark Catholic as the former had 12 digs and three assists and the latter had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces Scarsella has posted since back in September.
They weren't the only good servers: Newark Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matchups.
Hiland typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Shenandoah proved too difficult a challenge. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Hawks.
While Shenandoah won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-22, 25-9.
Newark Catholic's win bumped their record up to 23-0. As for Shenandoah, their victory bumped their record up to 21-4.
Everything went Newark Catholic's way against Shenandoah when the teams last played back in November of 2021, as Newark Catholic made off with a 3-0 win. Will the Green Wave repeat their success, or do the Zeps have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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