Genoa Christian Academy is 1-6 against Tree of Life Christian since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. Genoa Christian Academy will face off against the Tree of Life Christian Trojans at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Saturday, everything went Genoa Christian Academy's way against New Hope Christian Academy as Genoa Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
Genoa Christian Academy's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping New Hope Christian Academy between 17 and 20 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-17, 25-18.
Joanna Kofete was the offensive standout of the match as she had 12 digs.
Meanwhile, Tree of Life Christian made easy work of Mansfield Christian on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Tree of Life Christian walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-17, 25-15, 25-19.
Tree of Life Christian can attribute much of their success to Vivian Bittinger, who had ten digs, and Emma Molsberry, who had six digs.
Genoa Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 6-10. As for Tree of Life Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Genoa Christian Academy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Tree of Life Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Genoa Christian Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Tree of Life Christian when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Molsberry, who had eight digs and eight aces. Now that Genoa Christian Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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