St. John is on a 13-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Flint Hill is on a 12-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The St. John's Cadets will welcome the Flint Hill Huskies at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, St. John's made easy work of St. Mary's Ryken and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-19, 25-15.
St. John's kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. They are a perfect 3-0 when they block at leastten attacks.
Meanwhile, everything went Flint Hill's way against National Cathedral on Tuesday as Flint Hill made off with a 3-0 win.
Flint Hill never let National Cathedral on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 25-18.
St. John's victory bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Flint Hill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: St. John's has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 12.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Flint Hill struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. John's suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Flint Hill in their previous meeting back in September of 2021. Can St. John's avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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