After flying high against Southeastern Christian Academy last Monday, Liberty Christian Academy came back down to earth. The Liberty Christian Academy Heat fell 3-1 to the East Duplin Panthers on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Heat of the 3-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in October of 2023.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19.
East Duplin was led to victory by Emory Raynor and Ana Marie Rodriguez. Raynor had nine digs and 14 assists, while Rodriguez had seven digs and 12 assists. With that strong performance, Raynor is now averaging an impressive 4.2 digs per game.
Liberty Christian Academy's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-6. As for East Duplin, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Liberty Christian Academy is taking a road trip to square off against Arendell Parrott Academy at 5:15 a.m. on Monday. As for East Duplin, they will square off against North Lenoir at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both have been evenly matched recently as the teams are 5-5 against one another since August of 2016.
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