The Bishop Ready Silver Knights will head out on the road to challenge the London Red Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bishop Ready comes in on four and London on 12.
Last Saturday, everything went Bishop Ready's way against KIPP Columbus as Bishop Ready made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bishop Ready was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-3, 25-8, 25-10.
Bishop Ready can attribute much of their success to Allyson Creighton, who had nine aces, and Sophia Dozer, who had eight digs and two aces. Creighton is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Bishop Ready couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, London got the win against East on Saturday by a conclusive 3-0.
Ashley Sims and Riley Cremeens were among the main playmakers for London as the former had six aces and three digs and the latter had 20 digs and two aces. Those six aces gave Sims a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lylli Ball, who had six aces.
Bishop Ready is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for London, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's contest: Bishop Ready has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 13.3 aces per game. However, it's not like London struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bishop Ready was able to grind out a solid win over London when the teams last played back in October of 2016, winning 2-0. Does Bishop Ready have another victory up their sleeve, or will London turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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