Volleyball Preview: Christ Covenant Spartan vs. Pungo Christian Academy Raiders
The Christ Covenant Spartan will venture away from home to challenge the Pungo Christian Academy Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Christ Covenant is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Christ Covenant is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Community Christian just ended the team's 12-game winning streak dating back to last season on September 3rd. They fell just short of the Cyclones by a score of 3-2. The match marked the Spartan's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Christ Covenant actually scored more points across those five sets (98-85), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-17, 14-25, 6-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Pungo Christian Academy's way against Ridgecroft on Thursday as Pungo Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Pungo Christian Academy never let Ridgecroft on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-22, 25-8.
Christ Covenant's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-1. As for Pungo Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
Christ Covenant came out on top in a nail-biter against Pungo Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pungo Christian Academy's Anna Stoop, who had seven aces and four digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Christ Covenant still be able to contain Stoop? There's only one way to find out.
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