Volleyball Preview: Atlantic Christian Sharks vs. Highlands Christian Knights
On Thursday Atlantic Christian will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Highlands Christian Knights at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Atlantic Christian earned a 3-1 victory over Berean Christian.
Atlantic Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 15-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-23.
Destiny Martinez was nothing short of spectacular: she had nine digs and 32 assists.
Meanwhile, Highlands Christian made easy work of Abundant Life Christian Academy on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Highlands Christian was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-13, 25-14.
Highlands Christian can attribute much of their success to Makenzie Doane, who had 12 aces, and Emily Eades, who had eight aces and 15 assists. The dominant performance gave Doane a new career-high in aces.
Highlands Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Atlantic Christian has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Highlands Christian, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8.
Atlantic Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Highlands Christian when the teams last played last Saturday, winning 2-0. Will Atlantic Christian repeat their success, or does Highlands Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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