The Cornerstone Christian Patriots will challenge the Garfield Heights Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Cornerstone Christian will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Cuyahoga Heights, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. Cornerstone Christian came out on top against Cuyahoga Heights by a score of 3-1 on Saturday.
Cornerstone Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-13.
Cornerstone Christian relied on the efforts of Gabby Lee, who had 20 digs, and Hannah Gillam, who had eight digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Cornerstone Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Garfield Heights narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Western Reserve Academy 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Garfield Heights got the one that really mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 20-25, 25-19.
Cornerstone Christian's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Garfield Heights, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Cornerstone Christian has serving mastered this season, having averaged 18.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Garfield Heights struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cornerstone Christian suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Garfield Heights when the teams last played back in August of 2018. Can Cornerstone Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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