American Prep WV has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Freedom Prep Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m.
American Prep WV is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Intermountain Christian just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Lions. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Lions: they've now lost three in a row.
American Prep WV was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-12, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Freedom Prep Academy entered their tilt with Utah Military Academy - Hill Field on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Thunderbirds.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Freedom Prep Academy was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-15, 25-14.
Cailyn Dye was the offensive standout of the match as she had five aces and three digs. That's the most aces she has posted in her last seven games.
Freedom Prep Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matchups.
American Prep WV's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6. As for Freedom Prep Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
American Prep WV came up short against Freedom Prep Academy when the teams last played on September 6th, falling 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Freedom Prep Academy's Melanie Palafox, who had seven digs and seven aces. Now that American Prep WV knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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