New Hope Christian had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Training Center Christian out 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Phoenix also won the last time the pair played last Friday.
New Hope Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-19, 15-8.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead New Hope Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Elise Sterling, who had ten aces and a kill. The dominant performance gave Sterling a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Milly Pemberton, who had five aces, two blocks, and a kill.
She wasn't the only good server: New Hope Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in five consecutive games.
New Hope Christian's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-6. As for Training Center Christian, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-16 record this season.
New Hope Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-2 loss vs. Whitefield Academy on the 27th. Training Center Christian has also already played their next matchup, a 2-0 defeat against Heartland on the 30th.
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