The Memorial Day Matadors will venture away from home to face off against the Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Memorial Day beat Savannah Classical Academy 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Matadors.
Memorial Day had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 13-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Faith Baptist Christian Academy entered their tilt with Frederica Academy on Tuesday with 13 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 14. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Frederica Academy , sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-98) Faith Baptist Christian Academy actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-22, 25-20, 16-25, 15-12.
Faith Baptist Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 14 consecutive games.
Memorial Day's win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-7. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 18-1 with the victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.
Memorial Day suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Faith Baptist Christian Academy in their previous meeting on September 5th. Can Memorial Day avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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