Jackson-Reed has won four straight games at home, while MacArthur has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Jackson-Reed Tigers will welcome the MacArthur Mammoths at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Jackson-Reed is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Banneker, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Jackson-Reed was ranked ninth). Jackson-Reed walked away with a 2-0 win over Banneker on Tuesday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Jackson-Reed was: they took both sets by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-9.
Jackson-Reed can attribute much of their success to Arisemma Okrah, who had six aces, and Ida Steinberg, who had two kills, two aces, and 19 assists. That's the most aces Okrah has posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, MacArthur earned a 2-0 victory over Banneker on Wednesday.
MacArthur easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-9.
Jackson-Reed's win bumped their record up to 15-3. As for MacArthur, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Jackson-Reed has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 18.4 aces per game. However, it's not like MacArthur struggles in that department as they've been averaging 17.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Jackson-Reed was able to grind out a solid victory over MacArthur when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Jackson-Reed have another victory up their sleeve, or will MacArthur turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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