On Tuesday, Westminster Christian faced Incarnate Word Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Westminster Christian Wildcats came out on top against the Incarnate Word Academy Red Knights by a score of 3-1. For the Wildcats, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 victory the Red Knights walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September.
Westminster Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 26-24, 25-22, 25-21.
Leading Westminster Christian to victory were Rachel Buchanan and Vivian Sharlow. Buchanan had 26 digs and two aces, while Sharlow had five aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Sharlow a new career-high in aces.
When it comes to explaining why Incarnate Word Academy lost, don't look at Ally Fuchs. Despite the final result, she had 25 digs.
Westminster Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-5-2 record this season. As for Incarnate Word Academy, they moved to 27-11 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Westminster Christian will take on Howell on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Howell comes in on ten and Westminster Christian on 17. Incarnate Word Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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