Volleyball Preview: BASIS Phoenix Firebirds vs. Northwest Christian Crusaders
The BASIS Phoenix Firebirds will take on the Northwest Christian Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as BASIS Phoenix comes in on five and Northwest Christian on three.
While BASIS Phoenix didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-9), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Red Rock with a sharp 3-0 victory on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, everything went Northwest Christian's way against Odyssey Institute on Wednesday as Northwest Christian made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-7, 25-14, 25-18.
Northwest Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lily Brumbaugh, who had nine digs and two aces, and Maggie Whittemore, who had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Whittemore has posted since September 7th.
Northwest Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive matchups.
BASIS Phoenix's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Northwest Christian, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
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