On Thursday, Bayside Academy faced Enterprise in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Bayside Academy Admirals fell just short of the Enterprise Wildcats by a score of 3-2. The Admirals were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Wildcats apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in September of 2020.
Bayside Academy actually scored more points across those five sets (100-93), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-17, 11-25, 25-23, 15-10.
Despite the loss, Bayside Academy still got an impressive performance from Mary Katherine Whitehurst, who had 27 digs and three aces. Whitehurst has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Even though they lost, Bayside Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 15 consecutive games.
Bayside Academy's loss dropped their record down to 32-11. As for Enterprise, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 30-9.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Bayside Academy is on the road again on Tuesday to play Bob Jones at 11:30 a.m. Bob Jones will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Bayside Academy surely won't give up without a fight. As for Enterprise, they will take on Hoover at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
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