The Abilene Christian Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the Fellowship Academy Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Abilene Christian made easy work of Christian Life Preparatory and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-8, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Fellowship Academy came into Tuesday's matchup having lost ten straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Christian Life Preparatory on Tuesday.
Fellowship Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-16, 25-20, 28-26.
Fellowship Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Abilene Christian's victory bumped their record up to 18-16. As for Fellowship Academy, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-19.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Abilene Christian has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Fellowship Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Abilene Christian took their victory against Fellowship Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Abilene Christian since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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