After flying high against Cristo Rey on Thursday, Faith Christian came back down to earth. The Faith Christian Lions fell just short of the Sacramento Country Day Cavaliers by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Cavaliers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Faith Christian actually scored more points across those five sets (99-97), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 11-25, 25-13, 21-25, 15-13.
When it comes to explaining why Faith Christian lost, don't look at Bella Abken. Despite the final result, she had 15 digs.
Even though they lost, Faith Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 15 consecutive matchups.
Sacramento Country Day found their leader in underclassman Sophia Espinoza, who had 14 digs and seven aces. The dominant performance gave Espinoza a new career-high in aces.
Faith Christian's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-9. As for Sacramento Country Day, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Faith Christian will stay at home for another game and welcome Western Sierra Collegiate Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Western Sierra Collegiate Academy will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Faith Christian surely won't give up without a fight. Sacramento Country Day has already played their next match, a 3-2 win against Valley Christian on the 21st.
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