The Christian Home Educators Fellowship Patriots will venture away from home to challenge the First Baptist Christian Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Christian Home Educators Fellowship's way against Brighton as Christian Home Educators Fellowship made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Christian Home Educators Fellowship's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Brighton between 13 and 16 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-13, 25-16.
Sarah Shelby was nothing short of spectacular: she had eight kills, seven aces, and 15 assists. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Cook, who had nine kills and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Christian Home Educators Fellowship was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, First Baptist Christian had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Storm out 3-2.
First Baptist Christian was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-22, 15-12.
First Baptist Christian's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Amelie Wyatt, who had nine kills, nine digs, and six aces. With that strong performance, Wyatt is now averaging an impressive 2.3 aces per game. Another player making a difference was Adley Durbin, who had seven aces and three digs.
Christian Home Educators Fellowship's victory bumped their record up to 10-2. As for First Baptist Christian, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Christian Home Educators Fellowship has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 18.5 aces per game. However, it's not like First Baptist Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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