After both having extra time off, the Redding Christian Lions and the Tulelake Honkers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Redding Christian will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Redding Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They skirted past Portola 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Redding Christian got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-5.
Among those leading the charge was Summer Dormer, who had 14 digs. She has been hot for a while, having posted 11 or more digs the last 11 times she's played.
Redding Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in nine consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Tulelake waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 3-0 win.
Tulelake was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-12, 25-20.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tulelake to victory, but perhaps none more so than Maritza Chavolla, who had 14 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Chavolla has posted in her last four matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayla Frey, who had 11 digs, four kills, and two aces.
Redding Christian is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-15-1 record this season. As for Tulelake, they pushed their record up to 23-5 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home.
Redding Christian might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Tulelake when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Redding Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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