On Thursday Atlantic Christian will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Highlands Christian Knights at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Atlantic Christian earned a 3-1 victory over Berean Christian.
Atlantic Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 15-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-23.
Destiny Martinez was nothing short of spectacular: she had nine digs and 32 assists.
Meanwhile, Highlands Christian made easy work of Abundant Life Christian Academy on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Highlands Christian was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-13, 25-14.
Highlands Christian can attribute much of their success to Makenzie Doane, who had 12 aces, and Emily Eades, who had eight aces and 15 assists. The dominant performance gave Doane a new career-high in aces.
Highlands Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Atlantic Christian has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Highlands Christian, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8.
Atlantic Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Highlands Christian when the teams last played last Saturday, winning 2-0. Will Atlantic Christian repeat their success, or does Highlands Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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