South Central is on a five-game streak of home wins, while St. Paul is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The South Central Trojans will host the St. Paul Flyers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Central will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Wynford, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. South Central blew past Wynford 3-0 on Saturday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-23, 25-20.
South Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ana Milavec, who had seven digs and two aces, and Bry Lopez, who had ten digs.
She wasn't the only good server: South Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive games.
Meanwhile, St. Paul earned a 2-0 win over Fort Recovery on Saturday.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 27-25, 29-27.
St. Paul can attribute much of their success to Lily Cuturic, who had 13 digs, and Sydney Wurzel, who had seven digs. Cuturic is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season.
South Central has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for St. Paul, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: South Central has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 10.8 aces per game. However, it's not like St. Paul struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
South Central suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to St. Paul when the teams last played on September 5th. Will South Central have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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