The Lincoln Park Academy Greyhounds will challenge the Pine Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Lincoln Park Academy made easy work of Somerset College Prep Academy and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Greyhounds.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-21, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Pine narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past St. Edward's 3-2.
Pine had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first firsttwo sets, they turned around to win the next four. After all that action, the final score was 18-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21, 15-11.
Juliette Swan had an outrageously good game as she had 37 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Pine 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 11 consecutive matchups.
The win got Lincoln Park Academy back to even at 3-3. As for Pine, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Lincoln Park Academy came up short against Pine when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Lincoln Park Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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