Daleville is 0-3 against Yorktown since October of 2014 but things could change on Saturday. The Daleville Broncos will face off against the Yorktown Tigers at 12:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Daleville comes in on five and Yorktown on 12.
Last Tuesday, Daleville made easy work of Eastern Hancock and carried off a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-21, 27-25.
Daleville couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was in their last 11 contests.
Meanwhile, Yorktown got the win against Delta on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Yorktown was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-14, 25-9.
Bailey Stevens and Chloe Ritchie were among the main playmakers for Yorktown as the former had five digs and 15 assists and the latter hit 83.3% for five killsten digs and five aces. Ritchie has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last eight times she's played.
Daleville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season. As for Yorktown, their victory bumped their record up to 23-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Daleville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11 aces per game. However, it's not like Yorktown 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.
Daleville might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Yorktown in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can Daleville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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