Briarcrest Christian is 8-0 against Collierville since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Briarcrest Christian Saints will square off against the Collierville Dragons at 4:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Collierville is hoping to do what St. Benedict at Auburndale couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Briarcrest Christian's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Briarcrest Christian was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over St. Benedict at Auburndale.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-8, 25-18.
Aynsley Shivers and Sarah O'Connor were among the main playmakers for Briarcrest Christian as the former had six digs and four aces and the latter had ten digs and 29 assists. O'Connor is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last 55 games she's played dating back to last season.
Briarcrest Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Collierville is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Marion. Everything went Collierville's way against Marion as Collierville made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Dragons.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-17, 25-19.
Briarcrest Christian has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Collierville, their win was their 26th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-5.
Briarcrest Christian was able to grind out a solid victory over Collierville in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, winning 2-0. Does Briarcrest Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Collierville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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