The New Hope Christian Academy Statesmen will venture away from home to square off against the Wellston Golden Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
New Hope Christian Academy can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home back in August. They fell 3-1 to Fairfield Christian Academy. The Statesmen have struggled against the Knights recently, as their game back in August was their third consecutive lost matchup.
New Hope Christian Academy came into the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 25-27, 25-15, 25-9, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Wellston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Nelsonville-York, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-10, 25-22, 25-14.
New Hope Christian Academy skirted past Wellston 3-2 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Hope Christian Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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