Volleyball Preview: Dayspring Christian Academy Eagles vs. Gilpin County Eagles
Dayspring Christian Academy is 10-0 against Gilpin County since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Dayspring Christian Academy Eagles will look to defend their home court against the Gilpin County Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, everything went Dayspring Christian Academy's way against Estes Park as Dayspring Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
While Dayspring Christian Academy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-9, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Gilpin County had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Mustangs out 3-2.
Gilpin County was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-11, 23-25, 25-15, 15-11.
Dayspring Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Gilpin County, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Dayspring Christian Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Gilpin County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Dayspring Christian Academy skirted past Gilpin County 3-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Dayspring Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Gilpin County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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