The Hayfork Timberjacks will face off against the Princeton Eagles at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Hayfork comes in on four and Princeton on five.
Hayfork is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Paradise Adventist Academy , sneaking past 3-2.
Hayfork was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-21, 22-25, 25-13, 16-14.
Hayfork can attribute much of their success to Lydia Yarbrough, who had seven aces and 16 assists, and Riley Bayley, who had six kills and four aces. With that strong performance, Yarbrough is now averaging an impressive 12.1 assists per game.
Hayfork was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in four consecutive games.
If Westwood wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Princeton, they should've done a better job of containing Guadalupe Espinoza. Princeton blew past Westwood 3-0 on Tuesday thanks in part to Espinoza, who had four aces, three kills, and 25 assists. That's the most aces Yarbrough has posted since back in October.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Princeton was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-12, 25-14.
Princeton is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Hayfork, their record is now 14-8.
Hayfork came up short against Princeton when the teams last played back in October of 2021, falling 3-1. Can Hayfork avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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