The Episcopal Wildcats will take on the Harding Academy Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Episcopal will be strutting in after a victory while Harding Academy will be coming in after a loss.
Harding Academy is hoping to do what Lisa Academy North couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Episcopal's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Episcopal's way against Lisa Academy North as Episcopal made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Episcopal was: they took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-4, 25-5.
Episcopal was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 18 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of ten wins, Harding Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wynne.
While Harding Academy had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 14 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-19, 24-26, 26-24.
The victory got Episcopal back to even at 7-7. As for Harding Academy, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 10-2.
Episcopal was able to grind out a solid win over Harding Academy in their previous matchup back in August, winning 3-1. Will Episcopal repeat their success, or does Harding Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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