Volleyball Preview: Spring Valley Grizzlies vs. Amplus Academy Archers
Spring Valley is 4-0 against Amplus Academy since October of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Spring Valley Grizzlies will play host again on Monday to welcome the Amplus Academy Archers, where the match is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Spring Valley will be strutting in after a victory while Amplus Academy will be coming in after a loss.
Spring Valley will bounce into Monday's game after beating Legacy, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Spring Valley walked away with a 3-1 win over Legacy on Thursday.
Spring Valley 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 25-27, 25-20, 25-14, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Amplus Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Bonanza on Monday and fell 3-2. The Archers haven't had much luck with the Bengals recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Amplus Academy was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Bonanza work for it, especially in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 12-25, 25-9, 25-27, 29-27, 15-7.
Even though they lost, Amplus Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in seven consecutive matches.
Spring Valley's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-14. As for Amplus Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Spring Valley took their win against Amplus Academy when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Spring Valley repeat their success, or does Amplus Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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