Laurens Academy is 9-1 against King Academy since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Laurens Academy Crusaders will challenge the King Academy Knights at 5:00 p.m. Laurens Academy will be strutting in after a win while King Academy will be coming in after a loss.
Laurens Academy took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Batesburg-Leesville as Laurens Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Laurens Academy took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-15, 25-16.
Meanwhile, King Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Cambridge Academy, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-9, 25-7.
Laurens Academy has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for King Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything went Laurens Academy's way against King Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Laurens Academy made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Laurens Academy since the squad 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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