The Ezekiel Academy Knights's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Ballard Christian Eagle at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ezekiel Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Ballard Christian will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, Ezekiel Academy made easy work of Conecuh Springs Christian and carried off a 3-0 win.
The victory didn't come easy: Conecuh Springs Christian scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-16, 25-10.
Ezekiel Academy can attribute much of their success to Lailyn Shelton, who had five digs and five aces. That's the most aces Shelton has posted in her last nine matches.
Ezekiel Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 23 aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Ballard Christian lost 3-0 to Evangel Christian on Monday. The Eagle haven't had much luck with the Lightning recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-21, 25-10.
Ezekiel Academy pushed their record up to 13-6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Ballard Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
Ezekiel Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Ballard Christian in their previous meeting on September 3rd, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ezekiel 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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