Marquette Manor Baptist Academy has gone 6-1 against First Baptist Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Minutemen will be playing in front of their home fans against the Knights at 5:30 p.m.
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Logos Christian Academy just ended the team's three-match winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Lions by a score of 2-1.
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy actually scored more points across those three sets (72-59), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 8-25, 25-23.
Sophia Mukenschnabl
| 09/23/25 vs Logos Christian Academy | 26 |
| 09/16/25 vs Families of Faith Christian Academy | 16 |
| 09/13/25 vs Faith Christian | 31 |
| 09/12/25 vs Westwood Baptist Academy | 15 |
Despite the defeat, Marquette Manor Baptist Academy got top-tier performance from Sophia Mukenschnabl, who had 26 digs and four aces. Mukenschnabl is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in each of the last four games she's played.
Meanwhile, First Baptist Christian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Homefires on Tuesday. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Flames recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day First Baptist Christian got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-16, 23-25, 15-9.
First Baptist Christian's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Marquette Manor Baptist Academy, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 8-3-1.
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy beat First Baptist Christian 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Do the Minutemen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
