Nueva Esperanza will venture away from home to square off against the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush KNIGHTS at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Nueva Esperanza was able to grind out a solid win over Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Nueva Esperanza.
Nueva Esperanza was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 17-25, 25-8, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush had just enough and edged South Philadelphia out 3-2 on Monday.
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush 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 21-25, 24-26, 25-8, 25-20, 15-7.
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jhenna Rizq, who had ten kills and seven aces. Those seven aces gave Rizq a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nadiya Salikhova, who had ten aces and three kills.
The win got Nueva Esperanza back to even at 2-2. As for Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Nueva Esperanza suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Nueva Esperanza avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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