Temple Christian hasn't had much luck against Timberlake Christian recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Temple Christian Crusaders will square off against the Timberlake Christian Tornadoes at 6:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Temple Christian is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Roanoke Valley Christian.
Temple Christian started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 28-26, 25-18, 25-17.
Despite their defeat, Temple Christian saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Kaidyn Griffin, who had two aces, a kill, and 19 assists, was perhaps the best of all. With that strong performance, Griffin is now averaging an impressive 14 assists per game.
Even though they lost, Temple Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, after a string of 13 wins, Timberlake Christian's good fortune finally ran out last Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of The Covenant. The loss put an end to the Tornadoes' undefeated start to the season.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-16, 14-25, 25-18.
Temple Christian's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Timberlake Christian, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 16-1-1.
Temple Christian suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Timberlake Christian in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Temple Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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