Irvington Preparatory Academy has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Knightstown Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Irvington Preparatory Academy sidestepped Riverside for a 3-2 win.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Irvington Preparatory Academy who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 16-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-9.
Irvington Preparatory Academy's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Haylee Asbery, who had seven aces. Asbery is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Bailey Cline, who had seven aces.
Cline wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Irvington Preparatory Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 30 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Knightstown made easy work of Union City on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-15, 25-21.
Irvington Preparatory Academy's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-5. As for Knightstown, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 3-5 record this season.
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