On Thursday Amundsen will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Payton College Prep Grizzlies at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Amundsen beat Hancock 2-0.
Meanwhile, Payton College Prep earned a 2-0 win over Chicago Mathematics & Science on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Grizzlies.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Payton College Prep was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-13.
Payton College Prep can attribute much of their success to Iyanna Tuyay, who had nine aces. Those nine aces gave Tuyay a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Payton College Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matches.
Amundsen pushed their record up to 17-11 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Payton College Prep, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-13.
Amundsen came up short against Payton College Prep in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can Amundsen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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