McKeel Academy has been away from home for four games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Lakeland Christian Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both are at an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but likely not for long.
On Tuesday, McKeel Academy beat Lake Gibson 3-1.
McKeel Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-16.
McKeel Academy can attribute much of their success to Nikole Gillingham, who had nine digs and two aces, and Sofia Burke, who had 11 digs, two aces, and two aces. The dominant performance gave Gillingham a new career-high in aces.
McKeel Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Lakeland Christian narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Santa Fe Catholic 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Lakeland Christian got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 17-25, 15-11.
McKeel Academy has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Lakeland Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 6-13.
McKeel Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Lakeland Christian when the teams last played last Saturday, winning 2-0. Will McKeel Academy repeat their success, or does Lakeland Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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