The Escondido Adventist Academy Hawks will venture away from home to challenge the Rock Academy Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Escondido Adventist Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over West Shores. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Escondido Adventist Academy walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-10, 25-19.
Escondido Adventist Academy relied on the efforts of Sophia Soto, who had 25 digs and eight aces, and Lovely Afa'Ese, who had seven digs, six kills, two blocks, and two aces. That's the most aces Soto has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Rock Academy waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 14 straight wins... but they left with 15. They blew past the Crusaders 3-0.
One reason for the win was Rock Academy's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-12, 25-10.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rock Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Martha Mulumbilwa, who had seven kills, six aces, and a block. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Duhs, who had two aces and 30 assists.
Rock Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in five consecutive contests.
Escondido Adventist Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Rock Academy, they pushed their record up to 21-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Escondido Adventist Academy came up short against Rock Academy when the teams last played back in October, falling 3-1. Can Escondido Adventist Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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