Amplus Academy is on a seven-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Las Vegas a seven-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The Amplus Academy Archers will be playing at home against the Las Vegas Wildcats at 6:00 p.m.
Amplus Academy lost 3-0 to Liberty on Monday.
The final score came out to 25-14, 25-15, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Chaparral 3-2.
Las Vegas was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-102), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 17-15.
Amplus Academy better focus on containing Omar Duarte and Kayden Case as the pair were huge in Las Vegas' win. Duarte had 19 digs, while Case had eight kills, three digs, and two aces. That's the most aces Case has posted since back in March.
Las Vegas' win bumped their record up to 8-14. As for Amplus Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Amplus Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 4.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Las Vegas struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.7 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Amplus Academy came up short against Las Vegas in their previous meeting back in March, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Wildcats' Frisky Palo, who had ten digs and five aces. Now that the Archers know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
