After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Calvary Day School, Caldwell Academy was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Burlington Christian Academy Royals. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Caldwell Academy also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2017.
Caldwell Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 16-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-9.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Caldwell Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Stella Streng, who had 12 digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Caldwell Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 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 19.5.
Caldwell Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Burlington Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Caldwell Academy's road trip will continue as they head out to face Salem Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. After both having extra time off, Burlington Christian Academy and Grace Christian Academy will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday.
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