After both having extra time off, the Northwest Christian Crusaders and the Palo Verde Titans will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Northwest Christian is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering ALA - West Foothills just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Guardians by a score of 3-2. While the Crusaders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Guardians 25-18 in the first set.
Northwest Christian took ALA - West Foothills into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking ten-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 15-5.
Defeat or not, Northwest Christian got some senior leadership from Brooks Martin and Trace Martin. Brooks had 27 digs and six assists, while Trace had 19 assists and six digs.
Meanwhile, Palo Verde didn't have quite enough to beat Canyon del Oro on Wednesday and fell 3-2. The Titans haven't had much luck with the Dorados recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Palo Verde started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22, 16-14.
Palo Verde's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Northwest Christian, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 21-8.
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