Liberty Christian Academy took care of business in their home opener on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Temple Christian Tigers. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Knights also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2023.
Liberty Christian Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those four sets (92-88), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 12-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-23.
Leading Liberty Christian Academy to victory were Kelsey Ellington and Lauren Shortridge. Ellington had seven kills and four aces, while Shortridge had 12 aces and nine digs. The dominant performance gave Shortridge a new career-high in aces.
Liberty Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in nine consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Liberty Christian Academy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory vs. Mullins Marion Christian on the 12th. As for Temple Christian, they will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on Cornerstone Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Temple Christian will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
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