The Victory Baptist Academy Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Nazarene Christian Academy Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Victory Baptist Academy sitting on five straight victories and Nazarene Christian Academy on 11.
Last Tuesday, Victory Baptist Academy made easy work of Harvest Christian and carried off a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Victory Baptist Academy's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-16, 25-9.
Victory Baptist Academy relied on the efforts of Kiara Groff, who had 15 digs, and Elise Wagner, who had seven digs, five aces, and two blocks. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Wagner now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Victory Baptist Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Nazarene Christian Academy got the win against Christian Life Preparatory on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12, 25-18.
Victory Baptist Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Nazarene Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 18-6-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Victory Baptist Academy came up short against Nazarene Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in August of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Victory Baptist Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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