On Tuesday Merit Preparatory Academy will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Salt Lake Academy Griffins at 7:00 p.m.
Merit Preparatory Academy lost 3-0 to Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams on Thursday. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Marauders recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-24, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Salt Lake Academy entered their tilt with Rockwell on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Marshals 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Salt Lake Academy took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-13, 25-5.
Salt Lake Academy couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.3% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 12% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 39.3%.
Merit Preparatory Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Salt Lake Academy, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Merit Preparatory Academy suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Salt Lake Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Merit Preparatory Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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