Ezekiel Academy is 1-9 against Wiregrass since August of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ezekiel Academy Knights will welcome the Wiregrass Kings at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Wiregrass is hoping to do what Varsity Opponent couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Ezekiel Academy's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Ezekiel Academy blew past Varsity Opponent 3-0.
While Ezekiel Academy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 26-24, 25-20.
Ezekiel Academy can attribute much of their success to Lailyn Shelton, who had ten digs and three aces.
Meanwhile, everything went Wiregrass' way against East Central HomeSchool on Saturday as Wiregrass made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Kings.
The final score came out to 25-8, 25-5, 25-17.
Wiregrass was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in five consecutive matches.
Ezekiel Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season. As for Wiregrass, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Ezekiel Academy has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 15.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Wiregrass struggles in that department as they've been averaging 15.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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