The Crooms Academy Panthers are taking a road trip to take on The First Academy Royals at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Crooms Academy has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while The First Academy will arrive with three straight victories.
On Tuesday, Crooms Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Warner Christian Academy and fell 3-2. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Eagles 25-20 in the first set.
Crooms Academy wouldn't go down easily and took Warner Christian Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-14, 25-16, 18-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, The First Academy made easy work of Altamonte Christian on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant The First Academy was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-15, 25-5.
The First Academy's victory bumped their record up to 14-3. As for Crooms Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
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