Grace Academy has gone 5-0 against St. Mary recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. Grace Academy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last nine games.
Last Tuesday, Grace Academy made easy work of Methodist Children's Home and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Grace Academy was: they took every set by at least 19 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-6, 25-3.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Grace Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ashley Clay, who had 14 aces and two kills. Those 14 aces gave Clay a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Grace Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 36 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Memorial Christian Academy by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 20-25, 25-19, 25-23.
Grace Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for St. Mary's, their victory bumped their record up to 3-6.
Grace Academy took their win against St. Mary's in their previous matchup on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grace Academy since the team 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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