Volleyball Preview: The Classical Academy Titans vs. Sand Creek Scorpions
The Classical Academy has gone 10-0 against Sand Creek recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Classical Academy Titans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Sand Creek Scorpions at 6:00 p.m. The Classical Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Sand Creek will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, The Classical Academy got the win against Sierra by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Titans.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant The Classical Academy was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-4, 25-7.
Bella Klaus was nothing short of spectacular: she had 14 digs and eight aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Maggie Johnson, who had three aces and 14 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: The Classical Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Sand Creek didn't have quite enough to beat Elizabeth on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Scorpions haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Sand Creek started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 21-25, 26-24, 25-15, 15-13.
The Classical Academy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4. As for Sand Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 5-4.
Everything went The Classical Academy's way against Sand Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as The Classical Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. Does The Classical Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sand Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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