Sports Leadership & Management has won five straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Cambridge Christian has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Sports Leadership & Management Spartans and the Cambridge Christian Lancers are set to duel. Sports Leadership & Management will be strutting in after a win while Cambridge Christian will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, Sports Leadership & Management had just enough and edged Tampa Bay HEAT out 3-2.
Sports Leadership & Management was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-104), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 18-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Sports Leadership & Management 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 five aces in 16 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Cambridge Christian suffered their biggest loss since October 19, 2023 on Tuesday. They came up short against Redeemer Christian, falling 3-0. Considering the last time the Lancers couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Cambridge Christian was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-21, 25-22.
Sports Leadership & Management's victory bumped their record up to 11-2. As for Cambridge Christian, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-7 record this season.
Everything went Sports Leadership & Management's way against Cambridge Christian in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Sports Leadership & Management made off with a 3-0 win. Does Sports Leadership & Management have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cambridge Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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