The St. Augustine Yellow Jackets will venture away from home to square off against the Beachside Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Augustine is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
St. Augustine is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since August 20th on Monday. They came up short against Tocoi Creek, falling 3-0. The Yellow Jackets' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
St. Augustine was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-15, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Beachside waltzed into their game on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Broncos with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-23, 29-27.
Mollie VanDeusen was a one-man wrecking crew for Beachside as she had 16 digs, 13 kills, and four aces. VanDeusen is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabella Taveras, who had 15 digs and two aces.
St. Augustine's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-8. As for Beachside, their win bumped their record up to 14-3.
St. Augustine came up short against Beachside when the teams last played back in October of 2022, falling 3-1. Can St. Augustine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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