If Open Door Christian was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Leetonia last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Open Door Christian Patriots fell just short of the Cuyahoga Heights Red Wolves by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Patriots' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Open Door Christian actually scored more points across those five sets (107-97), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 18-25, 13-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Open Door Christian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Sammy Comer, who had 18 digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Reaser, who had 18 digs and two aces.
Even though they lost, Open Door Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Cuyahoga Heights can attribute much of their success to Arushi Shinde, who had 19 digs.
Open Door Christian's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-7. As for Cuyahoga Heights, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-8.
Open Door Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cuyahoga Heights, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-1 loss against Wellsville on the 24th.
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