On Tuesday, Acadiana Home School Athletics faced Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Acadiana Home School Athletics Commandos lost 3-0 to the Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics Storm. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Commandos haven't been shut out since back in August.
While Acadiana Home School Athletics was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics' winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-23.
Acadiana Home School Athletics' loss came despite strong showings from Leo Mader and Andrew Menard. Mader had eight digs, four aces, and four aces, while Menard had five digs, four aces, and four aces. That's the most aces Mader has posted since back in August.
Even though they lost, Acadiana Home School Athletics was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive contests.
The defeat snapped Acadiana Home School Athletics' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-8 record. As for Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Acadiana Home School Athletics will square off against NELA Christian Homeschool at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. NELA Christian Homeschool will roll in looking for their 11th straight victory, something Acadiana Home School Athletics surely won't give up without a fight. As for Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Psalms Christian Academy, where the match is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics is facing Psalms Christian Academy at the right time seeing as Psalms Christian Academy is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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