Faith Christian is on a 13-game streak of home wins, while Banff is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Faith Christian Saints will welcome the Banff Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Faith Christian got the win against Still Creek Christian by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Faith Christian took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-11, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Banff narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past The Connection School of Houston 3-2.
Banff was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Banff was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 22.
Faith Christian's win bumped their record up to 30-3. As for Banff, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Faith Christian beat Banff 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Will Faith Christian repeat their success, or does Banff have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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