On Monday, First Baptist Christian faced Acadiana Home School Athletics in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The First Baptist Christian Eagles walked away with a 3-1 win over the Acadiana Home School Athletics Commandos. That's more bragging rights for the Eagles, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The final score came out to 25-10, 17-25, 25-22, 25-13.
First Baptist Christian's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Panch Giron, who had six aces and three kills. With that strong performance, Giron is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Benoit, who had three aces, a kill, and 17 assists.
He wasn't the only good server: First Baptist Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Despite the defeat, Acadiana Home School Athletics saw an underclassman step up: Leo Mader had nine kills, nine digs, and five aces. That's the most aces Mader has posted since back in August. Andrew Menard was another key player, getting seven digs, five kills, and three aces.
First Baptist Christian's win bumped their record up to 8-3. As for Acadiana Home School Athletics, they dropped their record down to 5-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
First Baptist Christian has already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Lake Area HomeSchool Sports on the 8th. As for Acadiana Home School Athletics, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool at 7:00 p.m. Acadiana Home School Athletics is facing Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool at the right time seeing as Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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