The Atlantic Christian Sharks will venture away from home to challenge the American Heritage Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Atlantic Christian will be strutting in after a victory while American Heritage will be coming in after a defeat.
Atlantic Christian barely beat Highlands Christian the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Sharks put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 3-0 win on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Sharks in their matchups with the Knights: they've now won four in a row.
Atlantic Christian not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Highlands Christian between 15 and 16 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-16, 25-16.
Atlantic Christian can attribute much of their success to Neenah Harripersaud, who had 26 assists and two aces, and Madelyn Gonzalez, who had nine digs and two aces. That's the most aces Gonzalez has posted over her last eight contests. Mia Rosario also deserves some recognition as she served her first ace of the season.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, American Heritage's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of NSU University by a score of 3-2.
American Heritage took NSU University into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking six-point loss. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-22, 21-25, 25-14, 15-9.
American Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Atlantic Christian, their win bumped their record up to 11-9.
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