Volleyball Preview: Pace Academy Knights vs. Midtown Knights
Pace Academy is on a 25-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Midtown is on a eight-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Pace Academy Knights will welcome the Midtown Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pace Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: North Cobb, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Pace Academy was ranked eighth). Pace Academy came out on top against North Cobb by a score of 2-0 on Thursday.
Pace Academy was dominant in the first set, but otherwise had just enough against a tough North Cobb squad. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-21.
Pace Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Britton Mcgurn, who had two aces and 11 assists, and Gabby Emch, who had eight digs.
Meanwhile, Midtown earned a 2-0 victory over Creekside on Tuesday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Midtown took both sets by at least 19 points. The final score came out to 25-6, 25-5.
Midtown couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42.5% of their attack attempts. They are a perfect 4-0 when when their percentage is at least 0.4.
Pace Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-5 record this season. As for Midtown, their win bumped their record up to 23-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Pace Academy has serving mastered this season, having averaged 6.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Midtown struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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