Leesville Road is 8-0 against Athens Drive since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Leesville Road Pride will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Athens Drive Jaguars, where is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Leesville Road is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering East Chapel Hill just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Wildcats.
Leesville Road took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 22-25, 26-24, 27-25, 25-23.
Despite the defeat, Leesville Road had strong showings from Chloe Cragg, who had 16 digs and two aces, and Mia Will, who had 22 kills, 11 digs, and a block. Cragg is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had five or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Athens Drive was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Broughton, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-23, 25-10.
Leesville Road's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Athens Drive, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Leesville Road has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Athens Drive struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Leesville Road was able to grind out a solid win over Athens Drive when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Leesville Road repeat their success, or does Athens Drive have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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