Saraland hasn't had much luck against Pelham recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Saraland Spartans will take on the Pelham Panthers at 9:00 a.m. Saraland will be strutting in after a victory while Pelham will be coming in after a defeat.
Saraland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Theodore as Saraland made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Saraland was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-9, 25-11.
Among those leading the charge was Brooke Kaoui, who had seven aces and five digs. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Pelham faced Chelsea in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Pelham fell just short of Chelsea by a score of 3-2. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Hornets 25-16 in the first set.
Pelham started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 15-25, 25-20, 25-13, 16-14.
Even though they lost, Pelham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. This was only their second loss (out of seven games) when they serve at least ten aces.
Saraland pushed their record up to 37-6 with the victory, which was their 27th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Pelham, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 32-13.
Saraland was able to grind out a solid win over Pelham in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Does Saraland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pelham turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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