Highland Park is 0-5 against Maranatha Christian Academy since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Highland Park Scots will challenge the Maranatha Christian Academy Eagles at 5:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
Highland Park is headed into the match having just posted their biggest win since October 3, 2023 on Tuesday. They blew past Wyandotte 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Scots.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-11, 25-22.
Highland Park can attribute much of their success to Da'Veaha Monroe-Drew, who had nine digs and four aces. With that strong performance, Monroe-Drew is now averaging an impressive 6 digs per game.
Meanwhile, Maranatha Christian Academy entered their tilt with Northland Christian on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against Northland Christian as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-18, 26-24.
Maranatha Christian Academy found their leader in underclassman Macy Karlin, who had 15 digs and six aces. Karlin is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had seven or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Highland Park's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Maranatha Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Highland Park came up short against Maranatha Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Highland Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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