After both having extra time off, the Ignite Athletics Flames and the Mount Hope Christian Academy Warriors will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Ignite Athletics has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Mount Hope Christian Academy will come in with four straight victories.
Last Friday, Ignite Athletics came up short against Lincoln County and fell 3-1.
Ignite Athletics took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17.
Meanwhile, everything went Mount Hope Christian Academy's way against Elk Valley Christian on Monday as Mount Hope Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Mount Hope Christian Academy was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-10, 25-11.
Mount Hope Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Ignite Athletics' defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Mount Hope Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Ignite Athletics was able to grind out a solid win over Mount Hope Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Ignite Athletics have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mount Hope Christian Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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