Desert Christian entered their tilt with Faith Baptist on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They came out on top against the Faith Baptist Contenders by a score of 3-1. This was payback for the Knights, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The final score came out to 25-17, 18-25, 25-17, 25-23.
Desert Christian can attribute much of their success to Zaniah Hart, who had ten digs.
Desert Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 15.4.
Several Contenders players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Rayanna Larson, who had eight aces and six digs. The dominant performance gave Larson a new career-high in aces. Another player making a difference was Kate Melton, who had five digs and 16 assists.
Desert Christian is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. As for Faith Baptist, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-3-1.
Desert Christian will head out on the road to square off against Lancaster Baptist at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Desert Christian is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road. As for Faith Baptist, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Vasquez at 4:30 p.m. Faith Baptist is facing Vasquez at the right time seeing as Vasquez is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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