Homer faced Mountain City Christian Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Mariners fell 2-0 to the Lions. The defeat continues a trend for the Mariners in their meetings with the Lions: they've now lost six in a row.
Swift Blackstock paced Homer's offense, picking up three kills. Blackstock got some help from Alysha Nyvall and her eight assists. Gracey Bradshaw controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Leading Mountain City Christian Academy to victory were Rose Monfrey and Kate Matthew. Monfrey had eight digs and two assists, while Matthew had six digs and two aces. That's the most aces Matthew has posted over her last seven contests. Alannah Thacker also deserves some recognition as she had her first kill of the season.
Homer's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Mountain City Christian Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Homer has already played their next matchup (against Palmer), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Mountain City Christian Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat against Barrow on the 30th.
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