After both having extra time off, the Still Creek Christian Colts and the McDade Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Still Creek Christian will be strutting in after a victory while McDade will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, Still Creek Christian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Buckholts.
Still Creek Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first firsttwo sets, they turned around to win the next four. The final score came out to 22-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-13, 15-11.
Still Creek Christian can attribute much of their success to Julianna Stanley, who had six aces. That's the most aces Stanley has posted since back in August.
Still Creek Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, McDade's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Fayetteville by a score of 3-2.
McDade took Fayetteville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-10, 23-25, 20-25, 15-8.
Still Creek Christian's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-10. As for McDade, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Still Creek Christian might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from McDade in their previous meeting back in August. Can Still Creek Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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