Volleyball Game Preview: Merit Preparatory Academy on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 12, 2024, 6:12am

Volleyball Preview: Merit Preparatory Academy Knights vs. Rockwell Marshals

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The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights will face off against the Rockwell Marshals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Merit Preparatory Academy is looking for their season?s first victory.

Rockwell is facing Merit Preparatory Academy at the wrong time: Merit Preparatory Academy suffered their first home loss of the season on Tuesday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell 3-1 to the Eagles.

Merit Preparatory Academy came into the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-8, 25-19, 25-20.

Meanwhile, Rockwell had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Wasatch Academy on Tuesday.

After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 23-25, 25-5, 25-18.

Rockwell was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 30 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

Merit Preparatory Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Rockwell, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.

Merit Preparatory Academy came up short against Rockwell when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Merit Preparatory Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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