The Hutchison Sting will take on the St. Benedict at Auburndale Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Hutchison will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Thursday, Hutchison made easy work of Ridgeway and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Hutchison was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-9, 25-8.
Hannah Dunlap was nothing short of spectacular: she had eight aces, six digs, and six digs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. Anna Catherine Brickey was another key player, getting seven digs, three aces, a kill, and a kill.
She wasn't the only good server: Hutchison was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 12.
Meanwhile, St. Benedict at Auburndale earned a 3-1 win over West Memphis on Thursday.
St. Benedict at Auburndale was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 15-25, 25-17, 25-20.
Natalie Lively was a one-man wrecking crew for St. Benedict at Auburndale as she had 22 digs and five aces. Lively is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Hutchison's victory bumped their record up to 6-11. As for St. Benedict at Auburndale, their win bumped their record up to 9-14.
Hutchison beat St. Benedict at Auburndale 3-1 in their previous matchup on Tuesday. Does Hutchison have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Benedict at Auburndale turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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