Volleyball Preview: Arizona Lutheran Academy Coyotes vs. Phoenix Country Day Eagles
Arizona Lutheran Academy is 2-8 against Phoenix Country Day since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Arizona Lutheran Academy Coyotes will head out on the road to take on the Phoenix Country Day Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Arizona Lutheran Academy sitting on five straight victories and Phoenix Country Day on three.
Last Monday, Arizona Lutheran Academy got the win against North Valley Christian Academy by a conclusive 3-0.
Arizona Lutheran Academy was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-23, 25-22.
Arizona Lutheran Academy can attribute much of their success to Elie Drexler, who had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Drexler has posted since back in October of 2023.
Arizona Lutheran Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Phoenix Country Day earned a 3-1 win over Heritage Academy on Thursday.
Arizona Lutheran Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Phoenix Country Day, their victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-3.
Arizona Lutheran Academy came up short against Phoenix Country Day in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Arizona Lutheran Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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