The Horse Creek Academy Stallions are taking a road trip to take on the Calhoun County Saints at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Horse Creek Academy has ten straight victories, Calhoun County has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Horse Creek Academy made easy work of Blackville-Hilda and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Horse Creek Academy took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-13, 25-9.
Horse Creek Academy found their leader in underclassman Lucy Taylor, who had seven aces. The dominant performance gave Taylor a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Calhoun County didn't have quite enough to beat Wagener-Salley on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Calhoun County wouldn't go down easily and took Wagener-Salley into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-6, 18-25, 25-19, 15-10.
Horse Creek Academy pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Calhoun County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Horse Creek Academy has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 21.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Calhoun County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Horse Creek Academy's way against Calhoun County in their previous meeting on September 3rd, as Horse Creek Academy made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Horse Creek Academy 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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