Volleyball Preview: Grove Christian School Falcons vs. Eastern Mennonite Flames
The Grove Christian School Falcons will stay at home for another game and welcome the Eastern Mennonite Flames at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Grove Christian School will be strutting in after a win while Eastern Mennonite will be coming in after a loss.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Grove Christian School took on Williamsburg Christian Academy on Monday. Grove Christian School was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Williamsburg Christian Academy.
While Grove Christian School won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-13, 25-22.
Grove Christian School found their leader in underclassman Lexi Turner, who had seven digs and seven aces. Those seven aces gave Turner a new career-high.
Grove Christian School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Eastern Mennonite was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to The Covenant.
Eastern Mennonite was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-21, 25-11.
Grove Christian School has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Eastern Mennonite, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.
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