After seven games on the road, Christian is heading back home. After both having extra time off, they and the Forest Hills Northern Huskies will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Hudsonville, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Christian was ranked sixth). Christian fell just short of Hudsonville by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.
Christian took a 2-0 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next three. After all that action, the final score was 22-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills Northern waltzed into their game on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Pioneers 3-2.
Forest Hills Northern took East Grand Rapids into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-16, 21-25, 23-25, 15-11.
Christian's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3. As for Forest Hills Northern, their win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
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