St. Francis DeSales hasn't had much luck against Bishop Watterson recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The St. Francis DeSales Stallions will square off against the Bishop Watterson Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with St. Francis DeSales sitting on four straight victories and Bishop Watterson on six.
St. Francis DeSales can't be too worried about heading out to take on Bishop Watterson: they just beat Jonathan Alder at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. St. Francis DeSales walked away with a 3-1 win over Jonathan Alder on Monday.
St. Francis DeSales got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 27-25, 29-31, 25-15.
Alyssa Mager had an outrageously good game as she had 21 digs and six aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
St. Francis DeSales was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Bishop Watterson made easy work of Marion Harding on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-14, 25-20.
Among those leading the charge was Makenna Glenn, who had 17 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashley Moreland, who had four digs and three aces.
St. Francis DeSales has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season. As for Bishop Watterson, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: St. Francis DeSales has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Bishop Watterson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Francis DeSales suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Bishop Watterson in their previous meeting on October 2nd. Can St. Francis DeSales avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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