Sports Leadership & Management has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while The Meadows School has won six straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, everything went Sports Leadership & Management's way against Western as Sports Leadership & Management made off with a 3-0 win.
While Sports Leadership & Management might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Western scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-1, 25-9, 25-16.
Abigail Anderson and Leilani Ennis were among the main playmakers for Sports Leadership & Management as the former had nine aces, six digs, and four kills and the latter had seven aces, three digs, and two kills. With that strong performance, Anderson is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Valerie Venzor, who had five digs, three aces, and a kill.
She wasn't the only good server: Sports Leadership & Management was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, The Meadows School got the win against Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant The Meadows School was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-9, 25-9.
The Meadows School's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Piper Kennedy, who had 18 kills, seven digs, and a block. Kennedy is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Grace Evans, who had four digs, three kills, and 29 assists.
The victory got Sports Leadership & Management back to even at 13-13. As for The Meadows School, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Sports Leadership & Management came up short against The Meadows School in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Evans, who had 15 digs, a kill, and a block. Now that Sports Leadership & Management knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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