Volleyball Preview: Tuscaloosa Christian Warriors vs. Southern Academy Cougars
The Tuscaloosa Christian Warriors will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Southern Academy Cougars, where the match is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Southern Academy took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Tuscaloosa Christian, who comes in off a win.
Tuscaloosa Christian and Chilton Christian Academy met for a duel on Monday where Tuscaloosa Christian came out on top. Tuscaloosa Christian took their match against Chilton Christian Academy 3-1.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (94-92) Tuscaloosa Christian actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, 25-23.
Tuscaloosa Christian got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Allie McCrory out in front who had 16 digs, four kills, and three aces. McCrory has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Jones, who had 20 digs, five kills, and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Tuscaloosa Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 11 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Southern Academy came up short against Tuscaloosa Home Educators last Tuesday, falling 3-0. Considering the last time the Cougars couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 25-22.
Tuscaloosa Christian is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8-2 record this season. As for Southern Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
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