Valley Christian has won 14 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Seton Catholic has won 14 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Valley Christian Trojans will welcome the Seton Catholic Sentinels at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, Valley Christian got the win against Coolidge by a conclusive 3-0.
While Valley Christian might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Coolidge scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-16.
Valley Christian couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.4% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 27.8% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 36%.
Meanwhile, everything went Seton Catholic's way against Apache Junction on Thursday as Seton Catholic made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-16, 25-19.
Valley Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-12 record this season. As for Seton Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 20-11.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Valley Christian has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Seton Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Valley Christian took their win against Seton Catholic in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Does Valley Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Seton Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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