After three games on the road, Celebration is heading back home. They will face off against the IMG Academy Black Ascenders at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
On Thursday, Celebration came up short against St. Cloud and fell 3-1. The Storm haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: St. Cloud scored at least 18 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19.
Even though they lost, Celebration couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 57.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, IMG Academy Black made easy work of Bayshore on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant IMG Academy Black was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-15, 25-14.
Celebration's record is now 7-9. As for IMG Academy Black, their record now sits at 2-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Celebration has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like IMG Academy Black struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Celebration was able to grind out a solid win over IMG Academy Black when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Will Celebration repeat their success, or does IMG Academy Black have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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