The Austintown-Fitch Falcons will take on the Jackson Polar Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Austintown-Fitch is returning to their home court after beating Cornerstone Christian on theirs, despite the fact Cornerstone Christian has dominated at home this season. Austintown-Fitch blew past Cornerstone Christian 3-0 on Saturday.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Austintown-Fitch was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-10, 25-11.
Isabella Direnzo was a one-man wrecking crew for Austintown-Fitch as she had 18 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Direnzo has posted in her last nine matches.
Austintown-Fitch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Jackson waltzed into their game on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Jackson was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-17, 25-21.
Jackson found their leader in underclassman Morgan Rosenberry, who had 14 digs and five aces.
Austintown-Fitch's victory bumped their record up to 17-4. As for Jackson, their win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Austintown-Fitch has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Jackson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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