The St. Pius X Warriors will challenge the Platte County Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. St. Pius X will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Last Tuesday, St. Pius X earned a 3-1 win over Pleasant Hill.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (93-91) St. Pius X actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Platte County posted their biggest victory since September 17th on Thursday. Everything went their way against Ruskin as Platte County made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Platte County was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-10, 25-8.
Platte County can attribute much of their success to Ashleigh Cruce, who had five digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Cruce a new career-high in aces.
Platte County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
St. Pius X is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Platte County, their victory bumped their record up to 13-8-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: St. Pius X has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 6.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Platte County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Pius X came up short against Platte County when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Thankfully for St. Pius X, Jenna Wheeler (who had 22 digs and three aces) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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