The Pleasant Grove Spartans are taking a road trip to take on the Tuscaloosa Academy Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Pleasant Grove can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home two weeks ago. They came up short against Corner, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-9, 25-15, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa Academy came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with a 3-0 win. While the Knights didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Tuscaloosa Academy was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-9, 25-14.
Tuscaloosa Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Pleasant Grove came up short against Tuscaloosa Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Pleasant Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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