The Floresville Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Calallen Wildcats on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Floresville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Fredericksburg as Floresville made off with a 3-0 win.
Floresville can attribute much of their success to Lyla Smith, who had seven digs and two aces. That's the most aces Smith has posted in her last seven matches.
Floresville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 19 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Calallen entered their tilt with Needville on Thursday with 17 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 18. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bluejays.
While Calallen won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-22.
Among those leading the charge was Amelia Hernandez, who had 11 digs.
Calallen has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 21 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 33-8 record this season. As for Floresville, they pushed their record up to 35-7 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Floresville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like Calallen struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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