The Morningside Academy Eagles will challenge the Atlantic Christian Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Morningside Academy took a loss when they played away from home last Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over St. Andrew's Episcopal Academy.
While Morningside Academy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-12, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Atlantic Christian hadn't done well against Grandview Prep recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Everything went Atlantic Christian's way against Grandview Prep as Atlantic Christian made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Atlantic Christian was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-8, 25-11.
Atlantic Christian can attribute much of their success to Destiny Martinez, who had 14 assists, and Neenah Harripersaud, who had. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted 14 or more assists the last three times she's played.
Atlantic Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last five matchups.
Morningside Academy pushed their record up to 6-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Atlantic Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Morningside Academy came up short against Atlantic Christian when the teams last played back in August, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harripersaud, who had eight digs and four aces. Now that Morningside Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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