Volleyball Preview: Victory Baptist Academy Patriots vs. Mercy Culture Prep Royals
Victory Baptist Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. After both having extra time off, they and the Mercy Culture Prep Royals will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Mercy Culture Prep took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Victory Baptist Academy, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Victory Baptist Academy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Wichita Christian.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (99-97) Victory Baptist Academy actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-20, 21-25, 11-25, 15-12.
Victory Baptist Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Mercy Culture Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Victory Baptist Academy. While the Royals didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Patriots 25-7 in the first set.
Mercy Culture Prep started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 7-25, 25-13, 25-13, 25-14.
Victory Baptist Academy pushed their record up to 22-7 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Mercy Culture Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Victory Baptist Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Mercy Culture Prep in their previous meeting last Thursday, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Victory Baptist 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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