The Buckingham Charter Knights will head out to square off against the John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Buckingham Charter is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, everything went Buckingham Charter's way against Cristo Rey as Buckingham Charter made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Buckingham Charter's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-13, 25-10.
Meanwhile, John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills didn't have quite enough to beat Western Sierra Collegiate Academy on Thursday and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 26-28, 15-13.
Despite the defeat, John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills saw an underclassman step up: Janae Drummond had 11 digs and seven aces. Drummond is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last five games she's played.
Even though they lost, John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 16.2.
Buckingham Charter's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6.
Buckingham Charter came up short against John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills when the teams last played on September 3rd, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Drummond, who had 24 digs and two aces. Now that Buckingham Charter knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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