Briarcrest Christian waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They had just enough and edged the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Saints, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Briarcrest Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-12.
Sarah O'Connor had a dynamite game for Briarcrest Christian, getting 12 digs and two aces. O'Connor is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last 65 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Sophie Loe, who had nine digs.
Briarcrest Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive games.
Briarcrest Christian's victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-6. As for Knoxville Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-17.
As of now, neither Briarcrest Christian nor Knoxville Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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