Albuquerque Academy has gone 9-1 against Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Albuquerque Academy Chargers will head out to challenge the Valley Vikings at 6:00 p.m.
Albuquerque Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: St. Pius X, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Albuquerque Academy was ranked 16th). Albuquerque Academy took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Pius X last Wednesday. The Chargers have struggled against the Sartans recently, as their game last Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Valley and Bernalillo met for a duel on Tuesday where Valley prevailed. Valley put the hurt on Bernalillo with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Valley was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-13, 25-7.
Albuquerque Academy moved to 11-7 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Valley, their win bumped their record up to 12-7.
Everything went Albuquerque Academy's way against Valley in their previous meeting on October 8th, as Albuquerque Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Albuquerque Academy 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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