Aberdeen Christian has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Hitchcock-Tulare Patriots at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Aberdeen Christian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over North Central.
Aberdeen Christian was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-23, 16-25, 16-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Hitchcock-Tulare put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over DeSmet.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Hitchcock-Tulare was: they took both sets by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-6, 25-16.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hitchcock-Tulare to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cambree Hoekman, who had ten digs. Hoekman is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Hitchcock-Tulare couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.3% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was last Thursday.
Aberdeen Christian now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Hitchcock-Tulare, their record now sits at 11-0.
Aberdeen Christian suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Hitchcock-Tulare when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Aberdeen Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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