Western Sierra Collegiate Academy has gone 9-1 against Faith Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Wolves will head out to face off against the Faith Christian Lions at 6:00 p.m. Western Sierra Collegiate Academy will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Western Sierra Collegiate Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Sacramento Adventist 3-2.
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-106), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-23, 25-19, 16-25, 15-13.
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy relied on the efforts of Madison Chen, who had four aces, and Ielyzaveta Demchuchena, who had nine digs, five aces, and two kills. Demchuchena is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 24 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian made easy work of Cristo Rey on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
While Faith Christian won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-18, 25-22.
Faith Christian found their leader in underclassman Sydney Abken, who had nine aces and five digs. Those nine aces gave Abken a new career-high.
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Faith Christian, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Western Sierra Collegiate Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 20.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Faith Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 15.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Faith Christian when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Western Sierra Collegiate Academy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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