After both having extra time off, the Lakeland Christian Academy Lions and the St. Mary's Rams will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Mary's took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Lakeland Christian Academy, who comes in off a win.
Lakeland Christian Academy proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Excel Christian Academy 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Lions have posted since September 19th.
Lakeland Christian Academy was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-9, 15-7.
Lakeland Christian Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Josslynne Sturdivant, who had eight digs, seven kills, and five aces, and Stella Sturdivant, who had eight digs and one assist.
They weren't the only good servers: Lakeland Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 35 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's lost 3-0 to Grace Academy on Thursday. The Rams haven't had much luck with Grace Academy recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-15, 25-16.
St. Mary's now has a losing record of 9-10-1. As for Lakeland Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-10-2 record this season.
