A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions dukes it out withthe Pine Crest Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. King's Academy is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
Last Thursday, King's Academy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Calvary Christian Academy.
King's Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-11.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Pine Crest sidestepped Cardinal Gibbons for a 2-1 victory.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Pine Crest got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 19-25, 15-11.
King's Academy pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Pine Crest, their victory bumped their record up to 15-6.
Everything went King's Academy's way against Pine Crest in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as King's Academy made off with a 3-0 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pine Crest's Isabella Medeiros, who had six digs and 31 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will King's Academy still be able to contain Medeiros? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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