The Rockmart Yellowjackets are on the road again on Saturday to play the Savannah Arts Academy Panthers at 11:00 a.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Rockmart is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since September 11th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Crisp County as Rockmart made off with a 3-0 win.
Rockmart was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-20, 25-16.
Rockmart was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Savannah Arts Academy had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They blew past Drew Charter 3-0. The victory was familiar territory for the Panthers who have now won five matchups in a row.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Savannah Arts Academy was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-7, 25-9.
Savannah Arts Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Maggie Allen, who had nine digs and six aces, and Torrin Higginbotham, who hit 76.9% for ten kills16 aces. Allen is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Rockmart has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-23 record this season. As for Savannah Arts Academy, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-15.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Rockmart has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Savannah Arts Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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