St. Thomas Aquinas is 7-0 against West Boca Raton since August of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will be playing at home against the West Boca Raton Bulls at 12:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with St. Thomas Aquinas sitting on eight straight wins and West Boca Raton on five.
St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Braddock as St. Thomas Aquinas made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: St. Thomas Aquinas took every set by at least 17 points. The final score came out to 25-2, 25-8, 25-2.
St. Thomas Aquinas' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Tameary Wardlaw led the charge by getting five aces. That's the most aces Wardlaw has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Sofi Tang, who had seven digs and three aces.
St. Thomas Aquinas couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 57.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 25.5% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 40.3%.
Meanwhile, West Boca Raton made easy work of Cooper City on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
While West Boca Raton won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 28-26, 25-20.
West Boca Raton's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jeri Lubag, who had five digs and two aces.
St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for West Boca Raton, they pushed their record up to 10-12 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
St. Thomas Aquinas came out on top in a nail-biter against West Boca Raton in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Does St. Thomas Aquinas have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Boca Raton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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