St. Johns has won eight straight games at home, while Valley has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The St. Johns Redskins will square off against the Valley Pirates at 10:30 a.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, St. Johns made easy work of Hopi and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. Johns was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-4, 25-12.
St. Johns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 19 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Valley's way against Pinon on Thursday as Valley made off with a 3-0 victory.
Valley was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-18, 25-17.
St. Johns is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Valley, their record now sits at 9-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: St. Johns hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 10.8 blocks per game. It's a different story for Valley, though, as they've been averaging only 1.1. Given St. Johns' sizable advantage in that area, Valley will need to find a way to close that gap.
St. Johns took their win against Valley in their previous matchup back in October by a conclusive 3-0. Will St. Johns repeat their success, or does Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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