The Wake Prep Academy Guardians will head out to take on the Research Triangle Raptors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wake Prep Academy has four straight victories, Research Triangle has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Monday, Wake Prep Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Corinth Holders 3-2.
Wake Prep Academy took Corinth Holders into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. After all that action, the final score was 21-25, 25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 15-7.
Wake Prep Academy found their leader in underclassman Haydin Maxwell, who had 20 digs and two aces. Maxwell has been hot recently, having posted eight or more digs the last nine times she's played.
Wake Prep Academy 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 seven aces in 22 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Research Triangle came up short against NCSSM: Durham on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-16, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18.
Wake Prep Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Research Triangle, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
Everything went Wake Prep Academy's way against Research Triangle in their previous matchup two weeks ago as Wake Prep Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wake Prep Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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