The Muscle Shoals Trojans and the Mountain Brook Spartans are set to duel on Wednesday.
Muscle Shoals heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Athens. The Trojans have struggled against the Golden Eagles recently, as their game on Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-16, 26-28, 25-14.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Mountain Brook, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They blew past Huffman 3-0 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Spartans have posted since September 24th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mountain Brook was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-11.
Mountain Brook can attribute much of their success to Caroline Kelley, who had seven aces and four digs. Those seven aces gave Kelley a new career-high.
Mountain Brook couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.3% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Muscle Shoals' defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 24-16. As for Mountain Brook, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-16.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's contest: Muscle Shoals has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Mountain Brook struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Muscle Shoals came up short against Mountain Brook in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Muscle Shoals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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