The Faith Lutheran Crusaders will venture away from home to face off against the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Faith Lutheran is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Foothill, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Faith Lutheran was ranked 13th). Faith Lutheran fell just short of Foothill by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. It was the first time this season that the Crusaders let down their fans at home.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Faith Lutheran sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 26-24, 15-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-7.
Faith Lutheran might have lost, but man, K Sawyer was a machine: she had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces Sawyer has posted in her last nine matchups.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Bulldogs out 3-2.
Shadow Ridge had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 18-25, 25-20, 28-26, 15-11.
Faith Lutheran's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-11. As for Shadow Ridge, the win also got them back to even at 11-11.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Faith Lutheran has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Shadow Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Faith Lutheran was able to grind out a solid victory over Shadow Ridge when the teams last played back in August, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Faith Lutheran since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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