Canterbury and First Baptist Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2021, but not for long. The Canterbury Cougars are on the road again on Tuesday to play the First Baptist Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m.
Canterbury is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Jupiter Christian.
Canterbury had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-14, 25-22, 25-21.
Aaliyah Harlow had a dynamite game for Canterbury, getting 25 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Harlow has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Molly Dunn, who had four digs and 22 assists.
Meanwhile, First Baptist Academy came tearing into Saturday's game with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 3-1.
First Baptist Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-17.
Canterbury pushed their record up to 19-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for First Baptist Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season.
Canterbury suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to First Baptist Academy in their previous matchup last Thursday. Can Canterbury avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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