Silver Valley and Academy for Academic Excellence are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Silver Valley is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 14 games.
Last Wednesday, Silver Valley got the win against Lucerne Valley by a conclusive 3-0.
Silver Valley walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-9, 25-19.
Silver Valley 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 17 aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Academy for Academic Excellence didn't have quite enough to beat University Prep on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Academy for Academic Excellence sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-20, 24-26, 25-15, 13-25, 15-10.
Despite the defeat, Academy for Academic Excellence had strong showings from Colbie Tworek, who had ten aces, nine kills, and 23 assists, and Kasandra Duran, who had 24 digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Duran a new career-high.
Silver Valley pushed their record up to 17-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Academy for Academic Excellence, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6.
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