Morgan Park Academy hasn't had much luck against Latin recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Morgan Park Academy Warriors' homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Latin Romans at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Morgan Park Academy beat Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus 2-0.
Morgan Park Academy easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-12.
Morgan Park Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in ten consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Latin earned a 2-0 win over North Shore Country Day on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Romans.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Latin was: they took both sets by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-8.
Morgan Park Academy pushed their record up to 14-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Latin, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Morgan Park Academy came up short against Latin when the teams last played back in September of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Morgan Park Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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