The Mount Academy Eagles will face off against the Millbrook Blazers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mount Academy is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Mount Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Burke Catholic.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mount Academy was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-9, 25-12.
Jahyeon ( PJ) Lee went supernova for Mount Academy, getting eight aces and seven digs. The dominant performance gave Lee a new career-high in aces.
Mount Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matchups.
If Pine Plains wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Millbrook, they should've done a better job of containing Cc Grey. Millbrook came out on top against Pine Plains by a score of 3-1 on Thursday thanks in part to Grey, who had ten digs and seven aces. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last three times she's played.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 16-25, 25-13, 25-11.
Mount Academy has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 16 contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 31-5-4 record this season. As for Millbrook, their record is now 10-20-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Mount Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Millbrook struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mount Academy took their victory against Millbrook in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. Will Mount Academy repeat their success, or does Millbrook have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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