The Sandy Creek Patriots will face off against the Academy of Richmond County Musketeers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sandy Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Heritage by a score of 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Patriots.
Sandy Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 26-24, 25-12, 25-20.
Nina Atkins and Alexis Mitchell were among the main playmakers for Sandy Creek as the former had six digs and three aces and the latter had seven digs and two aces. That's the most aces Atkins has posted since back in August.
Sandy Creek was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Academy of Richmond County waltzed into their game on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They blew past the Bears 3-0.
Academy of Richmond County never let Cherokee Bluff on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-22, 25-14.
Sandy Creek is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 20-24 record this season. As for Academy of Richmond County, they pushed their record up to 29-2 with the victory, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season.
Sandy Creek came up short against Academy of Richmond County in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Sandy Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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