The Concord Academy Eagles will take on the Hickory Grove Christian Lions at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Concord Academy will bounce into Thursday's match after beating SouthLake Christian Academy, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Concord Academy had just enough and edged SouthLake Christian Academy out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Concord Academy.
Concord Academy was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 23-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Hickory Grove Christian had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Eagles.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-20, 14-25, 25-17.
Concord Academy's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-9. As for Hickory Grove Christian, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
Concord Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Hickory Grove Christian in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will Concord Academy repeat their success, or does Hickory Grove Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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