Volleyball Preview: Morgan Park Academy Warriors vs. British International School of Chicago
The Morgan Park Academy Warriors will face off against British International School of Chicago at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Morgan Park Academy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
On Monday, Morgan Park Academy beat Cruz 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Morgan Park Academy took both sets by at least 18 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-7.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morgan Park Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Anna Sheppard, who had 11 aces and two kills. The dominant performance gave Sheppard a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Nayia Spinos, who had seven aces and three kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Morgan Park Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 17.8.
Meanwhile, British International School of Chicago didn't have quite enough to beat Christian Heritage Academy on Monday and fell 2-1.
British International School of Chicago actually scored more points across those three sets (67-66), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 16-25, 25-20.
Morgan Park Academy pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for British International School of Chicago, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Morgan Park Academy skirted past British International School of Chicago 2-1 when the teams last played on September 4th. Does Morgan Park Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will British International School of Chicago turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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