The NELA Christian Homeschool Flame will face off against the Acadiana Home School Athletics Commandos at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. NELA Christian Homeschool will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
NELA Christian Homeschool is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (NELA Christian Homeschool was ranked first). NELA Christian Homeschool was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool on Tuesday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: NELA Christian Homeschool took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-12, 25-9.
NELA Christian Homeschool was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 30 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in nine consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Acadiana Home School Athletics unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics. Considering the last time the Commandos couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
While Acadiana Home School Athletics was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics' winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-23.
Acadiana Home School Athletics' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Leo Mader, who had eight digs, four aces, and four aces, and Andrew Menard, who had five digs, four aces, and four aces. That's the most aces Mader has posted since back in August.
NELA Christian Homeschool pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Acadiana Home School Athletics, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: NELA Christian Homeschool has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 20.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Acadiana Home School Athletics struggles in that department as they've been averaging 16. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went NELA Christian Homeschool's way against Acadiana Home School Athletics in their previous matchup back in August, as NELA Christian Homeschool made off with a 3-0 win. Will NELA Christian Homeschool repeat their success, or does Acadiana Home School Athletics have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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