The Northwest Christian Crusaders will take on the Sunrise Mountain Mustangs in a tournament on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwest Christian has three straight victories, Sunrise Mountain has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, everything went Northwest Christian's way against St. John Paul II Catholic as Northwest Christian made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Northwest Christian was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-11, 25-13.
Northwest Christian can attribute much of their success to Brayden Yee, who had 11 digs and two assists, and Trace Martin, who had three digs and two aces. The dominant performance also gave Martin a new career-high in kills (two).
They weren't the only good server: Northwest Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Sunrise Mountain came up short against Liberty on Wednesday, falling 3-0.
Northwest Christian pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Sunrise Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Northwest Christian skirted past Sunrise Mountain 2-1 in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Will Northwest Christian repeat their success, or does Sunrise Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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