The Desert Christian Knights will head out on the road to challenge the St. Monica Academy Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Desert Christian has six straight wins, St. Monica Academy has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Desert Christian is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since September 12th on Friday. They put the hurt on The Palmdale Aerospace Academy with a sharp 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-14, 25-19.
Desert Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, St. Monica Academy suffered their biggest loss since September 11th on Tuesday. They came up short against Faith Baptist, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-10, 25-15.
Desert Christian is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season. As for St. Monica Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
Everything went Desert Christian's way against St. Monica Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Desert Christian made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Christian 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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