The Covenant Day Lions's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Charlotte Country Day School Buccaneers at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Covenant Day challenged Cannon on Tuesday. Covenant Day came up short against Cannon, falling 3-0. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Covenant Day was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Cannon work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 26-24, 25-21.
Covenant Day's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Maggie Shannon, who had ten digs and two aces, and Taryn Van Der Schaaf, who had four digs. That's the most aces Shannon has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Country Day School faced Charlotte Latin in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Charlotte Country Day School blew past Charlotte Latin 3-0. The win was nothing new for the Buccaneers as they're now sitting on three straight.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-22, 25-20.
Charlotte Country Day School can attribute much of their success to Sophie Martin, who had nine digs and two aces.
Covenant Day's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Charlotte Country Day School, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Covenant Day has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Charlotte Country Day School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Covenant Day might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Charlotte Country Day School in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Charlotte Country Day School's Evie Haner, who had 16 digs and seven aces. Now that Covenant Day knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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