The Pleasant Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Newark Catholic Green Wave at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Pleasant's way against Mt. Gilead as Pleasant made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pleasant was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-9, 25-4.
Meanwhile, Newark Catholic entered their tilt with Cardington-Lincoln last Wednesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Pirates with a sharp 3-0 win.
Newark Catholic was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-13.
Newark Catholic relied on the efforts of Layla Jones, who had four digs and four aces, and Jillian Given, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Jones has posted in her last ten matchups.
Newark Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cardington-Lincoln only served two.
Pleasant has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season. As for Newark Catholic, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-4.
Pleasant came up short against Newark Catholic when the teams last played back in September of 2015, falling 3-1. Will Pleasant have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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