Volleyball Preview: Academy for Academic Excellence Knights vs. Excelsior Charter Eagles
The Academy for Academic Excellence Knights will head out to face off against the Excelsior Charter Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Academy for Academic Excellence got the win against Riverside Prep by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Academy for Academic Excellence walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-22, 25-12.
Academy for Academic Excellence was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Excelsior Charter had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy by a score of 3-1.
Excelsior Charter 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 22-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-14.
Academy for Academic Excellence has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Excelsior Charter, their win bumped their record up to 11-13-1.
Academy for Academic Excellence skirted past Excelsior Charter 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Academy for Academic Excellence since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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