Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush won the last time they faced South Philadelphia, and things went their way on Monday too. The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush KNIGHTS narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the South Philadelphia Rams 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the KNIGHTS.
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 24-26, 25-8, 25-20, 15-7.
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jhenna Rizq out in front who had ten kills and seven aces. Those seven aces gave Rizq a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nadiya Salikhova, who had ten aces and three kills.
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush now has a winning record of 7-6. As for South Philadelphia, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Nueva Esperanza at 3:15 p.m. South Philadelphia does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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