Pickens Academy is on a three-game streak of home wins, while University Charter is on a 13-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Pickens Academy Pirates will host the University Charter Trail Blazers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Pickens Academy is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Holy Spirit Catholic just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Saints by a score of 3-2.
Pickens Academy actually scored more points across those five sets (102-98), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-19, 25-19, 14-25, 16-14.
Meanwhile, University Charter didn't have quite enough to beat Northridge on Saturday and fell 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Trail Blazers in their matchups with the Jaguars: they've now lost three in a row.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, University Charter sadly wound up on the wrong side. After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 15-25, 17-15.
Pickens Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for University Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.
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