The Southern Academy Cougars's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Tuscaloosa Christian Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Southern Academy came up short against Tuscaloosa Home Educators last Tuesday, falling 3-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Cougars haven't been shut out since back in August.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa Christian waltzed into their game on Monday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Patriots.
Tuscaloosa Christian was actually outscored in aggregate across those four sets (94-92), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, 25-23.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tuscaloosa Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Allie McCrory, who had 16 digs, four kills, and three aces. McCrory is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last seven games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Jones, who had 20 digs, five kills, and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Tuscaloosa Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 11 consecutive matchups.
Southern Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Tuscaloosa Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8-2 record this season.
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