After both having extra time off, the Antonian Prep Apaches and the Concordia Lutheran Crusaders will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Antonian Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past St. Agnes Academy 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Apaches.
Antonian Prep not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept St. Agnes Academy between 17 and 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-19, 25-17.
Antonian Prep's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sydney Bryant, who had ten digs, and Anna Arceneaux, who had 22 digs and a kill. Arceneaux has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 17 times she's played.
Meanwhile, Concordia Lutheran had already won 15 in a row and they went ahead and made it 16 on Saturday. They came out on top against the Shamrocks by a score of 3-1.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 26-24, 25-23, 26-24.
Antonian Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 34-15 record this season. As for Concordia Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 32-14 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home.
Everything went Antonian Prep's way against Concordia Lutheran when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Antonian Prep made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Antonian Prep 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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