The Excelsior Charter Eagles will square off against the Academy for Academic Excellence Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Excelsior Charter is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
Last Tuesday, Excelsior Charter earned a 3-1 win over Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy.
Excelsior Charter had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-14.
Excelsior Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 15 aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Academy for Academic Excellence got the win against Riverside Prep on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Academy for Academic Excellence was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-22, 25-12.
Excelsior Charter's victory bumped their record up to 11-13-1. As for Academy for Academic Excellence, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
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