Open Door Christian typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Cuyahoga Heights proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Open Door Christian Patriots , sneaking past 3-2. This was payback for the Red Wolves, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Cuyahoga Heights was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 18-25, 13-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Arushi Shinde was the offensive standout of the contest as she had 19 digs.
Cuyahoga Heights was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive games.
Open Door Christian's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sammy Comer, who had 18 digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Reaser, who had 18 digs and two aces.
Cuyahoga Heights has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Open Door Christian, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-7.
Cuyahoga Heights wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 3-1 loss against Wellsville on the 24th. Open Door Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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