Elite Scholars Academy hasn't had much luck against Landmark Christian recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Elite Scholars Academy Royal Knights will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Landmark Christian War Eagles, where the match is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Elite Scholars Academy narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Bremen 2-1.
Elite Scholars Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Landmark Christian posted their biggest win since October 28, 2023 on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Southwest Atlanta Christian as Landmark Christian made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Landmark Christian was: they took every set by at least 23 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-2, 25-0, 25-2.
Landmark Christian found their leader in underclassman Kaitlyn Brezina, who had 16 aces, four digs, and two kills. The dominant performance gave Brezina a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Lillian Campbell, who had 13 aces and three kills.
Landmark Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 43 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Elite Scholars Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Landmark Christian, the win got them back to even at 9-9.
Elite Scholars Academy came up short against Landmark Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2017, falling 2-0. Can Elite Scholars Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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