Volleyball Game Preview: Andrew Jackson Academy Warriors vs. Beaufort Academy Eagles

The Andrew Jackson Academy Warriors will challenge the Beaufort Academy Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Andrew Jackson Academy has five straight wins, Beaufort Academy has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

McKinnley Beard

Attacks Kills

10/15/25 vs Colleton Prep Academy	22
10/13/25 @ Branchville	25
10/09/25 @ Beaufort Academy	20
10/07/25 vs Holly Hill Academy	22
10/06/25 @ Colleton Prep Academy	27
+ 4 more games

If Colleton Prep Academy wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Andrew Jackson Academy, they should've done a better job of containing McKinnley Beard. The Warriors walked away with a 3-1 victory over the War Hawks on Wednesday for which the team can thank Beard, who had 22 kills, 11 aces, and one block. She has been hot for a while, having posted five or more kills the last nine times she's played.

Andrew Jackson Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-11.

Meanwhile, Beaufort Academy lost 3-0 to Andrew Jackson Academy on Thursday.

While Beaufort Academy was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Andrew Jackson Academy's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-15, 27-25.

Andrew Jackson Academy's win bumped their record up to 25-7. As for Beaufort Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.

Andrew Jackson Academy took their victory against Beaufort Academy when the teams last played on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Warriors repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.