The Acadiana Home School Athletics Commandos are on the road again on Thursday to play Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Acadiana Home School Athletics is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: First Baptist Christian, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Acadiana Home School Athletics was ranked fourth). Acadiana Home School Athletics took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of First Baptist Christian on Monday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 17-25, 25-22, 25-13.
Despite the defeat, Acadiana Home School Athletics saw an underclassman step up: Leo Mader had nine kills, nine digs, and five aces. That's the most aces Mader has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Menard, who had seven digs, five kills, and three aces.
Even though they lost, Acadiana Home School Athletics was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to NELA Christian Homeschool.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-12, 25-9.
Acadiana Home School Athletics dropped their record down to 5-10 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Acadiana Home School Athletics took their victory against Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Acadiana Home School Athletics since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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