Morgan Park Academy had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Cruz Dragons. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Warriors also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2023.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Morgan Park Academy took both sets by at least 18 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-7.
Morgan Park Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Anna Sheppard out in front who had 11 aces and two kills. The dominant performance gave Sheppard a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Nayia Spinos, who had seven aces and three kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Morgan Park Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 17.8.
Morgan Park Academy pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Cruz, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
Morgan Park Academy will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against British International School of Chicago at 6:00 p.m. As for Cruz, they will head out to challenge Waldorf at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cruz is facing Waldorf at the right time seeing as Waldorf is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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