Lake Catholic has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges the Elyria Catholic Panthers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lake Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Crestview 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-12, 25-17.
Lake Catholic can attribute much of their success to Ava Starr, who had nine digs and 33 assists, and Julia Oster, who had 17 digs and three aces. Starr has been hot for a while, having posted 16 or more assists the last 23 times she's played.
Lake Catholic 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 eight aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Elyria Catholic came tearing into Thursday's game with eight straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Indians as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Elyria Catholic walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 25-21, 25-21, 25-11.
Lake Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season. As for Elyria Catholic, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Lake Catholic has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Elyria Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Lake Catholic's way against Elyria Catholic in their previous meeting back in October, as Lake Catholic made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Catholic since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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