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| 11/02/24 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 10/25/23 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 08/26/19 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 08/21/18 - Away | 3-0 W |
| 08/22/17 - Home | 3-0 W |
Ursuline Academy is a perfect 5-0 against Turpin since August of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Lions will square off against the Spartans at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ursuline Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over Carroll. Winning may never get old, but the Lions sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-9, 25-13.
Mackenzie Higgins and Madison Moine were among the main playmakers for Ursuline Academy as the former had five digs and four aces and the latter had five digs and two aces. That's the most aces Higgins has posted since back in September.
They weren't the only good servers: Ursuline Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Turpin made easy work of Bellefontaine on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
While Turpin won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-16, 25-23.
Ursuline Academy better keep an eye on Mallory Thorn. She was instrumental in Turpin's win, getting seven digs and three aces. Thorn has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last three times she's played.
Turpin's win bumped their record up to 17-8. As for Ursuline Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 18-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Ursuline Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Turpin struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Ursuline Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Turpin in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Lions since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
