Volleyball Preview: North Phoenix Preparatory Academy Gladiators vs. Patagonia Lobos
The North Phoenix Preparatory Academy Gladiators will stay at home for another game and welcome the Patagonia Lobos at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
North Phoenix Preparatory Academy had won five straight home games and Coco Veatch did her part to make it six on Saturday. North Phoenix Preparatory Academy had just enough and edged Anthem Prep out 3-2 thanks in part to Veatch, who had 23 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
North Phoenix Preparatory Academy was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 12-25, 25-13, 21-25, 25-15, 15-11.
North Phoenix Preparatory Academy 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 12 aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Patagonia had just enough and edged San Simon out 2-1 on Saturday.
North Phoenix Preparatory Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Patagonia, their victory bumped their record up to 15-7.
Everything went North Phoenix Preparatory Academy's way against Patagonia in their previous matchup back in September, as North Phoenix Preparatory Academy made off with a 3-0 win. Does North Phoenix Preparatory Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Patagonia turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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