With a playoff game on the line, Seacrest Country Day rose to the challenge on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the St. John Lutheran Saints. The win was familiar territory for the Stingrays who have now won 12 games in a row.
Seacrest Country Day took St. John Lutheran into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-13, 25-23, 15-25, 15-7.
Alexa Haley had an outrageously good game as she had 28 digs and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caidyn Haberman, who had eight digs and two aces.
Despite the loss, St. John Lutheran still got an impressive performance from Payton Nazzari, who had 23 digs and six aces. Those six aces gave Nazzari a new career-high.
Seacrest Country Day's victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-5. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hitting percentage: their hitting percentage was 31% in those games and 23.5% outside of them. As for St. John Lutheran, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 18-7.
Seacrest Country Day has already played their next contest, a 3-1 win against Boca Raton Christian on the 6th. St. John Lutheran does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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