The College Prep & Leadership Academy Royals will venture away from home to take on the Millennium Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
College Prep & Leadership Academy took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Alpha Academy 3-0.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant College Prep & Leadership Academy was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-14, 25-7.
College Prep & Leadership Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Blessing Lougou led the charge by getting seven aces. That's the most aces Lougou has posted since back in August. Morgan Ratliff was another key player, getting five kills and four aces.
Ratliff wasn't the only one working in the aces department: College Prep & Leadership Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Millennium came into Tuesday's matchup having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Carver on Tuesday as Millennium made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Millennium was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-14, 25-14.
College Prep & Leadership Academy pushed their record up to 6-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Millennium, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
College Prep & Leadership Academy skirted past Millennium 3-2 in their previous meeting back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for College Prep & Leadership Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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