The Eastern Mennonite Flames are taking a road trip to take on the Grove Christian School Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Eastern Mennonite has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Grove Christian School will arrive with seven straight victories.
Eastern Mennonite came up short against The Covenant on Monday, falling 3-0.
Eastern Mennonite was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-21, 25-11.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Grove Christian School took on Williamsburg Christian Academy on Monday. Everything went Grove Christian School's way against Williamsburg Christian Academy as Grove Christian School made off with a 3-0 win.
While Grove Christian School won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-13, 25-22.
Grove Christian School found their leader in underclassman Lexi Turner, who had seven digs and seven aces. The dominant performance gave Turner a new career-high in aces.
Grove Christian School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive games.
Eastern Mennonite's loss dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Grove Christian School, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8 record this season.
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