The Mount Hope Christian Academy Warriors and the Maranatha Christian Academy Knights are set to duel on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount Hope Christian Academy has 19 straight victories, Maranatha Christian Academy has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Mount Hope Christian Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Calvary Baptist Academy 3-2.
Mount Hope Christian Academy was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 20-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-7.
Mount Hope Christian Academy found their leader in underclassman SOPHIA PACK, who hit 68% for 17 kills23 digs and nine aces. The dominant performance gave PACK a new career-high in aces.
Mount Hope Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Maranatha Christian Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Varsity Opponent on Monday and fell 3-2.
Maranatha Christian Academy took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-27, 21-25, 25-16, 15-12.
Mount Hope Christian Academy pushed their record up to 21-1 with the victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Maranatha Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
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