The Acadiana Home School Athletics Commandos will head out on the road to face off against the NELA Christian Homeschool Flame at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Acadiana Home School Athletics is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Acadiana Home School Athletics was ranked fourth). Acadiana Home School Athletics lost 3-0 to Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics on Tuesday. The Commandos have struggled against the Storm recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
While Acadiana Home School Athletics was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics' winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-23.
Acadiana Home School Athletics' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Leo Mader, who had eight digs, four aces, and four aces, and Andrew Menard, who had five digs, four aces, and four aces. That's the most aces Mader has posted since back in August.
Even though they lost, Acadiana Home School Athletics was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, NELA Christian Homeschool put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant NELA Christian Homeschool was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-12, 25-9.
The defeat snapped Acadiana Home School Athletics' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-8 record. As for NELA Christian Homeschool, they pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: Acadiana Home School Athletics has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 16 aces per game. However, it's not like NELA Christian Homeschool struggles in that department as they've been averaging 20.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Acadiana Home School Athletics might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from NELA Christian Homeschool when the teams last played back in August. Can Acadiana Home School Athletics avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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