Volleyball Preview: Grace Academy vs. Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals
Grace Academy has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. After both having extra time off, they and the Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Austin Royals HomeSchool took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Grace Academy, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, everything went Grace Academy's way against Methodist Children's Home as Grace Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Grace Academy was: they took every set by at least 19 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-6, 25-3.
Grace Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ashley Clay out in front who had 14 aces and two kills. The dominant performance gave Clay a new career-high in aces.
Grace Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 36 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Austin Royals HomeSchool was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They came up short against Central Texas Christian, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-10, 25-10.
Grace Academy has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Austin Royals HomeSchool, their loss dropped their record down to 2-19-2.
Grace Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Austin Royals HomeSchool in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Grace Academy repeat their success, or does Austin Royals HomeSchool have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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