The Summit Country Day Silver Knights will take on the Blanchester Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Summit Country Day will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Last Saturday, Summit Country Day got the win against Georgetown by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Summit Country Day was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-9, 25-6.
Summit Country Day can attribute much of their success to Kendall Northern, who had 13 kills, two aces, and a block, and Meredith Walker, who had three aces, a kill, and 18 assists. Northern is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 23 games she's played dating back to last season.
Summit Country Day was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Blanchester narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Deer Park 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (111-107) Blanchester actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-20, 17-25, 20-25, 19-17.
Summit Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Blanchester, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-9.
Summit Country Day took their victory against Blanchester when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Summit Country Day have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blanchester turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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