St. Edward is 2-8 against Pine since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. Edward's Pirates will square off against the Pine Knights at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
St. Edward's will head out to face Pine after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. St. Edward's fell just short of Centennial by a score of 3-2. The Pirates have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
St. Edward's actually scored more points across those five sets (106-103), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 18-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Pine suffered their biggest defeat since October 17, 2023 on Tuesday. They came up short against Jupiter Christian, falling 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-22, 25-19.
Despite their loss, Pine saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Juliette Swan, who had 23 digs and two aces, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Amelia Mitchell, who had five digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Pine was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in nine consecutive matchups.
St. Edward's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-6. As for Pine, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's contest: St. Edward's has serving mastered this season, having averaged 5.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Pine struggles in that department as they've been averaging 15.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Edward's skirted past Pine 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Edward's 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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