Harvest Christian Academy waltzed into their match on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Coram Deo Academy Rhetoric.
Harvest Christian Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (97-93), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 10-25, 25-14, 25-22, 15-11.
Harvest Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Mary-Jane Woody led the charge by getting eight digs and four aces. That's the most aces Woody has posted in her last five matchups. Another player making a difference was Adi Kersey, who had 14 digs, four aces, and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Harvest Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 15 aces in three consecutive games.
Harvest Christian Academy pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Coram Deo Academy Rhetoric, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 9-2 record.
Harvest Christian Academy will welcome St. Paul's Prep at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Harvest Christian Academy is facing St. Paul's Prep at the right time seeing as St. Paul's Prep is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Coram Deo Academy Rhetoric, they will face off against Harvest Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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