The Daniel Lions will face off against the Greer Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Daniel has 11 straight victories, Greer has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Wednesday, Daniel made easy work of Berea and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Daniel took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-7, 25-15.
Savannah Cato was nothing short of spectacular: she had six aces and 11 assists. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Daniel couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.3% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 20.6% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 35.9%.
Meanwhile, Greer lost 3-0 to Pickens on Wednesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-19, 25-8.
Daniel is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Greer, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Everything went Daniel's way against Greer in their previous matchup back in September, as Daniel made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Daniel since the squad 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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