Volleyball Recap: Pillow Academy Turns Things Around After Road Loss

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 1:15pm

Volleyball Recap: Pillow Academy Mustangs vs. Winston Academy Patriots

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There's no place like home for Pillow Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Monday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Winston Academy Patriots on Tuesday. For the Mustangs, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Patriots walked away with the last time they faced one another back in August.

Pillow Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-10, 25-18, 25-23.

Winston Academy's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ava Chancellor, who had 16 digs and two aces. Another player making a difference was Maggie Burns, who had six digs and two aces.

Pillow Academy has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Winston Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10.

Pillow Academy will head out to face off against St. Aloysius at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Winston Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-1 defeat vs. Choctaw County on the 28th.

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