University Prep and Academy for Academic Excellence are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The University Prep Jaguars are on the road again on Thursday to play the Academy for Academic Excellence Knights at 5:30 p.m.
Last Saturday, University Prep came up short against Frazier Mountain and fell 2-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Academy for Academic Excellence made easy work of Academy of Careers & Exploration on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Academy for Academic Excellence was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-15, 25-9.
Academy for Academic Excellence's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Colbie Tworek led the charge by getting six aces. Tworek is crushing it when it comes to aces: she's served at least three every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Brin Bryant, who had eight kills, two aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Academy for Academic Excellence was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in five consecutive contests.
University Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 10-6-2. As for Academy for Academic Excellence, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
University Prep suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Academy for Academic Excellence in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can University Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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