After both having extra time off, the Castle Knights and the Yorktown Tigers will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Castle sitting on 15 straight wins and Yorktown on 20.
Castle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Franklin Community.
Castle had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-18.
Castle kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Yorktown faced off against Lawrence North on Saturday. Yorktown was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Lawrence North.
Yorktown's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Lawrence North between 14 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-17, 25-14.
Yorktown had a senior duo take command as Addi Applegate had nine digs and four aces and Bailey Stevens had three digs and two aces. That's the most aces Stevens has posted in her last seven matches.
Castle's win bumped their record up to 31-3. As for Yorktown, they are on a roll lately: they've won 23 of their last 24 games, which provided a nice bump to their 31-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Castle has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Yorktown struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. 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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