The Bear Grass Charter Bears will challenge the Excelsior Classical Academy Flying Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bear Grass Charter comes in on six and Excelsior Classical Academy on four.
Bear Grass Charter had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt Columbia on Tuesday. The Bears were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Wildcats.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bear Grass Charter was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-7, 25-15.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Excelsior Classical Academy had no trouble coming through when it counted. They put the hurt on Washington County with a sharp 3-0 win on Saturday.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-2, 25-12.
Bear Grass Charter better focus on containing Alejandra Orozco and Stephanie Llanas Tavera as the pair were huge in Excelsior Classical Academy's win. Orozco had 23 assists, while Llanas Tavera hit 72.7% for nine kills and eight digs and four aces. Those 72.7% hitting percentage gave Llanas Tavera a new career-high.
Excelsior Classical Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Bear Grass Charter's victory bumped their record up to 13-7. As for Excelsior Classical Academy, their win bumped their record up to 13-10.
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