The Academic Magnet Raptors will venture away from home to challenge the Philip Simmons Iron Horses at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Academic Magnet comes in on three and Philip Simmons on ten.
Last Thursday, Academic Magnet got the win against Timberland by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Academic Magnet took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-7, 25-15, 25-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Philip Simmons' way against Burke on Thursday as Philip Simmons made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Philip Simmons was: they took every set by at least 24 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-0, 25-1, 25-1.
Philip Simmons found their leader in underclassman Gabby Kakalev, who had five aces and a block. That's the most aces Kakalev has posted since last Thursday.
Philip Simmons couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 72.2% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 24.2% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 39.2%.
Academic Magnet has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Philip Simmons, they pushed their record up to 20-5 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
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