The Salt Lake Academy Griffins will head out to challenge the Riverton Silverwolves at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salt Lake Academy has 12 straight wins, Riverton has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, everything went Salt Lake Academy's way against Utah Military Academy - Hill Field as Salt Lake Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Salt Lake Academy was: they took every set by at least 19 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-6, 25-3.
Raven Rodriguez went supernova for Salt Lake Academy, getting 20 aces and a block. Rodriguez has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last 13 times she's played.
Salt Lake Academy couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 69% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 18.8% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 40.8%.
Meanwhile, Riverton came up short against Bingham on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-10, 25-15.
Salt Lake Academy pushed their record up to 20-7 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Riverton, their loss dropped their record down to 11-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Salt Lake Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 16.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Riverton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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