The Acadiana Home School Athletics Commandos will head out to take on the NELA Christian Homeschool Flame at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Acadiana Home School Athletics is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Acadiana Home School Athletics was ranked fourth). Acadiana Home School Athletics came up short against Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Commandos haven't had much luck with the Storm recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Acadiana Home School Athletics took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-23.
Acadiana Home School Athletics' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Leo Mader, who had eight digs, four aces, and four aces, and Andrew Menard, who had five digs, four aces, and four aces. That's the most aces Mader has posted since back in August.
Even though they lost, Acadiana Home School Athletics was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, NELA Christian Homeschool put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant NELA Christian Homeschool was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-12, 25-9.
The loss snapped Acadiana Home School Athletics' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-8 record. As for NELA Christian Homeschool, they pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Acadiana Home School Athletics has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 16 aces per game. However, it's not like NELA Christian Homeschool struggles in that department as they've been averaging 20.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Acadiana Home School Athletics might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from NELA Christian Homeschool when the teams last played back in August. Can Acadiana Home School Athletics avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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