Edgewood has gone 8-2 against Melbourne Central Catholic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Edgewood Red Wolves will host the Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers at 7:15 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Edgewood's way against Cocoa as Edgewood made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Wolves.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Edgewood was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-3, 25-14.
Edgewood's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Paige Tarango, who had four aces and 19 assists, and Reese Brandt, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Tarango has posted in her last five contests.
Edgewood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Melbourne Central Catholic hadn't done well against Calvary Chapel Academy recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Melbourne Central Catholic narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Calvary Chapel Academy 3-2.
Melbourne Central Catholic was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-12, 15-11.
Edgewood is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Melbourne Central Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 6-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Edgewood has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 11.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Melbourne Central Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Edgewood was able to grind out a solid win over Melbourne Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in August, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Melbourne Central Catholic's Emma Martin, who had 24 digs and seven aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Edgewood still be able to contain Martin? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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