The Covenant Day Lions will head out to face off against the Weddington Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Covenant Day sitting on three straight victories and Weddington on five.
Covenant Day proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Metrolina Christian Academy 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Lions have posted since April 13, 2024.
Covenant Day took Metrolina Christian Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a 13-point win. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-17, 16-25, 15-2.
Ben Keefer
| 04/08/25 @ Metrolina Christian Academy | 42 |
| 04/01/25 @ Legion Collegiate Academy | 38 |
| 03/29/25 vs East Mecklenburg | 20 |
| 03/29/25 @ Union Academy | 19 |
| 03/27/25 @ Butler | 33 |
| + 11 more games |
Covenant Day got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ben Keefer out in front who had 42 assists and three digs. Keefer is on a roll when it comes to assists, as he's now posted 13 or more in each of the last 16 games he's played dating back to last season. Duh Mang was another key player, getting 18 digs and two aces.
Weddington extended their home winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Owen Conklin. The Warriors came out on top against Ardrey Kell by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday thanks in part to Conklin, who had 21 digs and two aces. With that strong performance, Mang is now averaging an impressive 10.8 digs per game.
Weddington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-13.
Covenant Day's record now sits at 7-1. As for Weddington, their record is now 8-2.
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