Richmond Christian hasn't had much luck against Grace Christian School recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Richmond Christian Warriors will challenge the Grace Christian School Kings at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Richmond Christian's way against Grove Christian School as Richmond Christian made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Warriors have posted against the Falcons since October 11, 2019.
Richmond Christian was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-11.
Richmond 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 13 aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Grace Christian School got the win against The Carmel School on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Kings.
While Grace Christian School won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-15, 25-15.
Richmond Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Grace Christian School, their victory bumped their record up to 29-6-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Richmond Christian has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 17.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Grace Christian School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Richmond Christian suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Grace Christian School when the teams last played back in October. Can Richmond Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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