The Morgan Park Academy Warriors will square off against British International School of Chicago at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Morgan Park Academy is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Last Monday, Morgan Park Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Cruz, taking the game 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Morgan Park Academy took both sets by at least 18 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-7.
Morgan Park Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Anna Sheppard out in front who had 11 aces and two kills. The dominant performance gave Sheppard a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Nayia Spinos, who had seven aces and three kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Morgan Park Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 17.8.
Meanwhile, British International School of Chicago didn't have quite enough to beat Christian Heritage Academy on Monday and fell 2-1.
British International School of Chicago actually scored more points across those three sets (67-66), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 16-25, 25-20.
Morgan Park Academy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for British International School of Chicago, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Morgan Park Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against British International School of Chicago in their previous meeting on September 4th, sneaking past 2-1. Will Morgan Park Academy repeat their success, or does British International School of Chicago have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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