The Snowflake Lobos will take on the Odyssey Institute Minotaur at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Last Wednesday, Snowflake made easy work of Holbrook and carried off a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-16, 25-9.
Snowflake can attribute much of their success to Taya Schneider, who had four digs and four aces, and Hailey Jones, who had five aces. The dominant performance gave Jones a new career-high in aces.
Snowflake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Odyssey Institute beat Blue Ridge 3-1 on Tuesday.
Odyssey Institute was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-20, 26-28, 25-16.
Snowflake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-9 record this season. As for Odyssey Institute, their record now sits at 15-17.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Snowflake has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Odyssey Institute struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Snowflake took their victory against Odyssey Institute in their previous matchup back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Snowflake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Odyssey Institute turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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