The Highlands Christian Knights will square off against the Atlantic Christian Sharks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Highlands Christian made easy work of Abundant Life Christian Academy and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Highlands Christian was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-6, 25-13, 25-14.
Highlands Christian can attribute much of their success to Makenzie Doane, who had 12 aces, and Emily Eades, who had eight aces and 15 assists. The dominant performance gave Doane a new career-high in aces.
Highlands Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Atlantic Christian beat Berean Christian 3-1 on Thursday.
Atlantic Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 15-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-23.
Destiny Martinez went supernova for Atlantic Christian, getting nine digs and 32 assists.
Highlands Christian's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8. As for Atlantic Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Highlands Christian came up short against Atlantic Christian when the teams last played last Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Highlands Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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