On Thursday Acadiana Home School Athletics will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. After both having extra time off, they and the First Baptist Christian Eagles will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Acadiana Home School Athletics finally turned things around against Lake Area HomeSchool Sports two weeks ago. They had just enough and edged the Wildcats out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Acadiana Home School Athletics got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-20, 20-25, 25-18, 11-25, 15-8.
Acadiana Home School Athletics relied on the efforts of Mikayla Barletto, who had 18 kills, four digs, and four digs, and Mia Barletto, who had eight aces, five kills, and five kills. Mikayla has been hot recently, having also posted three or more aces the last eight times she's played. Another player making a difference was Charlie Denais, who had four kills, two aces, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Acadiana Home School Athletics was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, First Baptist Christian had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Word of God Academy on Friday as First Baptist Christian made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-20, 25-12.
First Baptist Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Adley Durbin led the charge by getting three aces and 19 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Amelie Wyatt, who had four kills, four digs, and four digs.
Acadiana Home School Athletics' record is now 3-7-1. As for First Baptist Christian, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Acadiana Home School Athletics has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 17.2 aces per game. However, it's not like First Baptist Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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