The Unity Christian Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Galesburg Christian Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Unity Christian will be strutting in after a win while Galesburg Christian will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Unity Christian sidestepped Tri-State Christian for a 3-2 victory.
Unity Christian got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 28-30, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Unity Christian can attribute much of their success to Sophi Leathers, who had nine digs.
Unity Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven contests.
Meanwhile, Galesburg Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 18th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Quad Cities Christian, falling 3-0.
Galesburg Christian was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-20, 25-17.
Unity Christian's win bumped their record up to 9-12. As for Galesburg Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.
Unity Christian beat Galesburg Christian 3-1 in their previous meeting on September 9th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Unity Christian since the squad 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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