Christel House has won four straight games at home, while Herron has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Christel House Eagles will host the Herron Achaeans at 6:00 p.m. Herron took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Christel House, who comes in off a win.
Last Monday, Christel House sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Irvington Preparatory Academy.
Christel House took Irvington Preparatory Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-13, 25-14, 14-25, 15-11.
Christel House's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Alyssa Shultz, who had eight kills, five aces, and two blocks, and Hailey Hudson, who had six aces and five kills. With that strong performance, Hudson is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Lizbeth Perez, who had five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Christel House was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 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 22.6.
Meanwhile, Herron suffered their biggest loss since October 12, 2023 on Wednesday. They came up short against Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, falling 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-21, 25-22.
Christel House is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Herron, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Christel House has serving mastered this season, having averaged 20 aces per game. However, it's not like Herron struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Christel House suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Herron in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Christel House avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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