If New Bern Christian Academy was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Community Christian on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. New Bern Christian Academy fell 3-1 to the Jacksonville Christian Academy Conquerors on Friday. New Bern Christian Academy has struggled against Jacksonville Christian Academy recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 27-29, 25-21, 25-19.
Alli Anderson paced New Bern Christian Academy's offense, picking up ten kills. Anderson got some help from Susan Williams and her 15 assists. Finally, Anderson was also a dominant defender, finishing with a team-high six blocks.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Jacksonville Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Violette Smith, who had 25 digs. That's the most digs Smith has posted over her last eight games. Another player making a difference was Chura Turcotte, who had 16 digs and two aces.
New Bern Christian Academy's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 8-3. As for Jacksonville Christian Academy, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 10-3.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. New Bern Christian Academy is set to take on their familiar foe Gramercy Christian at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Jacksonville Christian Academy will square off against rival Pamlico Christian Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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