Grand Traverse Academy hasn't had much luck against St. Mary recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Grand Traverse Academy Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the St. Mary Eagles at 7:00 p.m.
Grand Traverse Academy is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Buckley just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Bears. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Mustangs have suffered since September 24th.
Grand Traverse Academy was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Buckley work for it, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-11, 25-23.
Even though they lost, Grand Traverse Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, St. Mary narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Traverse City Christian 2-1.
Grand Traverse Academy's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-13-6. As for St. Mary, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-14-3 record this season.
Grand Traverse Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from St. Mary in their previous matchup back in September. Can Grand Traverse Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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