Buckingham Charter has gone 10-0 against Cristo Rey recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Buckingham Charter Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cristo Rey Saints at 6:00 p.m. Cristo Rey took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Buckingham Charter, who comes in off a win.
Buckingham Charter and John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills met for a duel on Tuesday where Buckingham Charter came out on top. Buckingham Charter took their game against John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Buckingham Charter had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-21.
Brooke Maurice had a dynamite game for Buckingham Charter, getting 17 kills, two aces, and 15 assists. Maurice is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Justice Wright, who had nine kills and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Buckingham Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Cristo Rey was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Sacramento Adventist.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-10, 25-10.
Jill Silva put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had eight digs and two aces.
Buckingham Charter pushed their record up to 10-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Cristo Rey, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Buckingham Charter's way against Cristo Rey when the teams last played on Thursday, as Buckingham Charter made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Buckingham Charter repeat their success, or does Cristo Rey have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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