Parkland has gone 10-0 against Liberty recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Parkland Trojans will look to defend their home court against the Liberty Hurricanes at 8:00 a.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Liberty is hoping to do what East Stroudsburg North couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Parkland's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Parkland put the hurt on East Stroudsburg North with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Parkland was: they took every set by at least 15 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-4, 25-10, 25-9.
Parkland found their leader in underclassman Josee Kim, who had two aces and 19 assists.
Meanwhile, Liberty got the win against Nazareth Area on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hurricanes.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-23, 25-19.
Liberty had a senior duo take command as Ava Panik had ten digs and three aces and Abigail Schessler had seven digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Panik a new career-high in aces.
Liberty 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 four consecutive matches.
Parkland has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Liberty, they pushed their record up to 4-2-4 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Parkland has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Liberty struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Parkland's way against Liberty when the teams last played back in November of 2023 as Parkland made off with a 3-0 win. Does Parkland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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