Wake Christian Academy and Coastal Christian are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2021, but not for long. The Wake Christian Academy Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Coastal Christian Centurions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Wake Christian Academy is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Last Tuesday, Wake Christian Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Grace Christian, taking the game 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21.
Wake Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Evann Curry led the charge by getting 15 digs. Curry has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more digs the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Milligan, who had four digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Wake Christian Academy 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 13 aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Coastal Christian's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of John Paul II Catholic by a score of 3-2.
Coastal Christian started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 14-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-10.
Wake Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Coastal Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8.
Wake Christian Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Coastal Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Wake Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Coastal Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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