The Anthem Prep Eagles will take on the Joseph City Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, Anthem Prep didn't have quite enough to beat North Phoenix Preparatory Academy and fell 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Gladiators: they've now lost eight in a row.
Anthem Prep took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 12-25, 25-13, 21-25, 25-15, 15-11.
Lily Terpstra put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had 17 digs.
Meanwhile, Joseph City unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Ash Fork by a score of 3-2. While the Wildcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 25-21 in the first set.
Joseph City took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-19, 11-25, 25-13, 15-9.
Despite their defeat, Joseph City saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Sahzira Schoby, who had seven digs and two aces, was perhaps the best of all. Schoby is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaydiana Kinlicheenie, who had 11 digs and two aces.
Even though they lost, Joseph City 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 12 aces in six consecutive matchups.
Anthem Prep's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-9. As for Joseph City, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-19.
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