Meadowbrook Academy hasn't had much luck against St. John Lutheran recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Meadowbrook Academy Mustangs will square off against the St. John Lutheran Saints at 6:00 p.m. Meadowbrook Academy will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
On Thursday, Meadowbrook Academy got the win against Dunnellon by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-19, 25-14.
Meadowbrook Academy can attribute much of their success to ALEXANDRA JOHNSON, who had 12 digs and four aces, and MIA LEWIS, who had four digs and three aces. JOHNSON has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last nine times she's played.
Meadowbrook Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 14 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, St. John Lutheran didn't have done well against Orangewood Christian recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. St. John Lutheran skirted past Orangewood Christian 3-2. The win was nothing new for the Saints as they're now sitting on four straight.
St. John Lutheran was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 22-25, 11-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Meadowbrook Academy's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-0. As for St. John Lutheran, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Meadowbrook Academy has serving mastered this season, having averaged 18.2 aces per game. However, it's not like St. John Lutheran struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Meadowbrook Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from St. John Lutheran in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can Meadowbrook Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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