Frontier Academy is 1-9 against Sterling since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Frontier Academy Wolverines will head out on the road to take on the Sterling Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Frontier Academy will be strutting in after a win while Sterling will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with seven defeats in a row, Frontier Academy finally turned things around against Fort Morgan on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-18, 21-25, 25-19.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Sterling faced off against Resurrection Christian on Tuesday. Sterling took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Resurrection Christian. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The final score came out to 25-10, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22.
Sterling's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Courtney Canada, who had five digs and four aces, and Ady Santomaso, who had 13 digs, seven kills, and three aces. The dominant performance gave Canada a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Sterling was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Resurrection Christian only served four.
Frontier Academy's victory ended a ten-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-9. As for Sterling, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3.
Frontier Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Sterling when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Frontier Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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