Volleyball Preview: Montgomery Academy Eagles vs. Lawrence County Red Devils
The Montgomery Academy Eagles will take on the Lawrence County Red Devils at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Montgomery Academy is looking to tack on another W to their 18-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Montgomery Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Hoover, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Montgomery Academy was ranked third). Montgomery Academy came out on top against Hoover by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Montgomery Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Lawrence County waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Yellowjackets 2-1.
Lawrence County was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (57-54), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 14-25, 15-9.
Lawrence County found their leader in underclassman Kathryn Dutton, who had seven digs, a kill, and 19 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyce Louallen, who had seven digs.
Montgomery Academy's victory bumped their record up to 40-3. As for Lawrence County, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 31-16 record this season.
Montgomery Academy took their win against Lawrence County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Montgomery Academy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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