After flying high against St. Joseph Academy last Tuesday, St. Augustine came back down to earth. The St. Augustine Yellow Jackets fell 3-1 to the Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs on Wednesday. The Yellow Jackets were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Bulldogs apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October of 2023.
St. Augustine started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-22, 28-26, 25-23.
Even though they lost, St. Augustine was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive games.
Alexis Hanna was nothing short of spectacular for Flagler Palm Coast: she had 25 digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Hanna a new career-high in aces.
St. Augustine's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Flagler Palm Coast, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1.
St. Augustine will square off against Clay at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Clay is coming into the contest with five straight losses on the road, meaning St. Augustine will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory. As for Flagler Palm Coast, they will head out to square off against Burns Sci-Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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