The American Christian Academy Patriots will face off against the Tuscaloosa Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, American Christian Academy made easy work of West Blocton and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa Academy had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Saints as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Tuscaloosa Academy was generally in control, but really had to dig deep in the first set to get the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-18, 25-18.
Tuscaloosa Academy relied on the efforts of Amber Evans, who had 18 digs and three aces, and Arey Howell, who had six aces. With that strong performance, Evans is now averaging an impressive 10.3 digs per game.
Tuscaloosa Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive games.
The win got American Christian Academy back to even at 7-7. As for Tuscaloosa Academy, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went American Christian Academy's way against Tuscaloosa Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as American Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for American Christian Academy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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