The St. Benedict at Auburndale Eagles will face off against the West Memphis Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. St. Benedict at Auburndale will be strutting in after a win while West Memphis will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, St. Benedict at Auburndale finally turned things around against Brighton on Monday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21, 17-25, 25-19.
St. Benedict at Auburndale's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jaylyn Johnson led the charge by getting five digs and four aces. That's the most aces Johnson has posted since back in August.
St. Benedict at Auburndale 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 five aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, West Memphis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Paragould by a score of 3-2.
West Memphis started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 17-26, 26-24, 25-14, 15-10.
St. Benedict at Auburndale's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-13. As for West Memphis, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
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