It was a proper cat-fight when Sports & Medical Sciences Academy duked it out with Wilcox RVT on Friday. The Tigers came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Sports & Medical Sciences Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-20.
Sports & Medical Sciences Academy can attribute much of their success to Valerie Santiago, who had 11 digs and seven aces. That's the most aces Santiago has posted over her last eight matchups.
Santiago wasn't the only good servers: Sports & Medical Sciences Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in nine consecutive matches.
Sports & Medical Sciences Academy's victory bumped their record up to 12-6. As for Wilcox RVT, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-5.
Looking ahead, Sports & Medical Sciences Academy will face off against Suffield at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Wilcox RVT does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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