Jackson Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Collierville. The Jackson Academy Raiders fell just short of the Collierville Dragons by a score of 2-1. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Raiders of the 2-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in August of 2023.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Jackson Academy sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-22, 23-25, 15-6.
Jackson Academy's loss dropped their record down to 18-11-3. As for Collierville, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-6 record this season.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Lausanne Collegiate the next time they take the court. Jackson Academy will head out to face Lausanne Collegiate at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, while Collierville will head out to face them at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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