The Myers Park Mustangs will face off against the Ardrey Kell Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ardrey Kell is hoping to do what Porter Ridge couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Myers Park's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Myers Park blew past Porter Ridge 3-0.
Myers Park was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-17, 25-18.
Cameron Cox had a dynamite game for Myers Park, getting seven digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Cox a new career-high in aces.
Myers Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 13 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Ardrey Kell made easy work of Ballantyne Ridge on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The victory didn't come easy: Ballantyne Ridge scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-5, 25-16.
Among those leading the charge was Madison Ross, who had three aces.
Myers Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Ardrey Kell, the win got them back to even at 10-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Myers Park hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 6 blocks per game. It's a different story for Ardrey Kell, though, as they've been averaging only 1.4. Given Myers Park's sizable advantage in that area, Ardrey Kell will need to find a way to close that gap.
Myers Park took their victory against Ardrey Kell when the teams last played on September 5th by a conclusive 3-0. Does Myers Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ardrey Kell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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