Mountain Empire has gone 3-0 against Gompers Prep Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mountain Empire Redhawks will square off against the Gompers Prep Academy Eagles at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain Empire has three straight victories, Gompers Prep Academy has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Mountain Empire earned a 3-1 win over Borrego Springs.
Mountain Empire had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-21.
Mountain Empire was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Gompers Prep Academy didn't have quite enough to beat O'Farrell Charter on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
Mountain Empire has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Gompers Prep Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Mountain Empire's way against Gompers Prep Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, as Mountain Empire made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Empire since the team 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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