Buckingham Charter was the 3-0 winner over Faith Christian when they last played one another back in October of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Buckingham Charter Knights fell just short of the Faith Christian Lions by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Buckingham Charter actually scored more points across those five sets (94-91), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-13, 11-25, 25-18, 15-13.
When it comes to explaining why Buckingham Charter lost, don't look at Brooke Maurice. Despite the final result, she had ten kills, three aces, and three aces. That's the most aces Maurice has posted in her last seven games. Jessica Taylor was another key player, getting seven kills and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Buckingham Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 14.
Buckingham Charter's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for Faith Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Buckingham Charter will challenge Cristo Rey at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing isn't great for Cristo Rey: they have been struggling with four straight losses at home, while Buckingham Charter has snatched up seven consecutive wins on the road dating back to last season. As for Faith Christian, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Valley Christian at 6:00 p.m. Faith Christian is facing Valley Christian at the right time seeing as Valley Christian is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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