After flying high against Crossroads Christian last Monday, Neuse Christian Academy came back down to earth. The Neuse Christian Academy Lions fell 3-1 to the Thales Academy Apex Titans on Tuesday. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Titans recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The final score came out to 27-25, 18-25, 25-14, 25-22.
Even though they lost, Neuse Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since last Friday.
Thales Academy Apex's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Evelyn Shock, who had 13 kills and ten aces. The dominant performance gave Shock a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Kellyann Ellis, who had 27 kills.
Neuse Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Thales Academy Apex, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Neuse Christian Academy will challenge Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Thales Academy Apex, they will be playing at home against Thales Academy Rolesville at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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