The Faith Lutheran Crusaders will take on the Liberty Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Faith Lutheran comes in on five and Liberty on four.
Faith Lutheran is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked 11th at the time (Faith Lutheran was ranked fifth). The Crusaders came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 3-1 last Thursday. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since October 31, 2022, but that streak is no more.
While Faith Lutheran might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Centennial scored at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 17-25, 25-19.
K Sawyer
| 10/16/25 @ Centennial | 5 |
| 09/17/25 vs Centennial | 4 |
| 09/20/25 vs Coronado | 3 |
| 08/23/25 vs Mountain Ridge | 3 |
| 10/11/25 vs Prairie | 2 |
K Sawyer went supernova, getting nine digs and five aces. Those five aces gave her a new career-high.
They weren't the only good servers: Faith Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the match with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Liberty made easy work of Silverado on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Liberty never let Silverado on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-23, 25-20.
Liberty's win came from a few key players Faith Lutheran will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was ARYANNA PAREDES, who had 13 digs.
Liberty's victory bumped their record up to 24-9. As for Faith Lutheran, their win bumped their record up to 21-14.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Faith Lutheran has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Liberty struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.2 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Faith Lutheran took their victory against Liberty in their previous meeting back in August of 2018 by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Crusaders repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
