Gallia Academy hasn't had much luck against Logan Elm recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Gallia Academy Blue Devils are taking a road trip to take on the Logan Elm Braves at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, everything went Gallia Academy's way against Washington as Gallia Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Gallia Academy was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-15, 25-12.
Gallia Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Logan Elm made easy work of Liberty Union on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-17, 25-18.
Logan Elm got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Sadie Binkley out in front who had 15 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kimberly Petty, who had five aces and three digs.
Gallia Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Logan Elm, their win bumped their record up to 13-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Gallia Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 12.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Logan Elm struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Gallia Academy came up short against Logan Elm in their previous meeting back in September of 2018, falling 2-0. Can Gallia Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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