Volleyball Game Preview: United Christian Academy Eagles vs. California Lutheran C-Hawks

United Christian Academy is on a five-game streak of home wins, while California Lutheran is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Eagles will host the C-Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

On Tuesday, United Christian Academy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over California School for the Deaf-Riverside.

Meanwhile, California Lutheran narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past La Sierra Academy 3-2.

California Lutheran was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (115-111), but they still managed to win. The final score came out to 18-25, 20-25, 33-31, 25-23, 15-11.

United Christian Academy better focus on containing Sophia Le and Neleh Boehm as the pair were huge in California Lutheran's win. Le had 16 digs and two aces, while Boehm had 18 assists and three aces. Those 16 digs gave Le a new career-high. Sophia Ponce was another key player, getting eight assists and three aces.

California Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in ten consecutive matchups.

United Christian Academy's victory bumped their record up to 11-9. As for California Lutheran, their win bumped their record up to 6-13.

United Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against California Lutheran in their previous meeting last Monday, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the C-Hawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.