Grace Christian has gone 8-2 against Blue Ridge Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Grace Christian Warriors will challenge the Blue Ridge Christian Bears at 6:30 p.m. Grace Christian will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
On Monday, Grace Christian made easy work of Appalachian Christian and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Grace Christian was: they took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 25-13, 25-16.
Grace Christian can attribute much of their success to Ellie Palumbo, who had five aces and ten assists. The dominant performance gave Palumbo a new career-high in aces.
Grace Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in eight consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Blue Ridge Christian's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Grace Christian. The matchup marked the Bears' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-16, 24-26, 25-21.
Grace Christian's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Blue Ridge Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Grace Christian beat Blue Ridge Christian 3-1 in their previous meeting on Thursday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grace Christian since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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