United Christian Academy has gone 8-2 against California Lutheran recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The United Christian Academy Eagles will be staying on the road to face off against the California Lutheran C-Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Wednesday, United Christian Academy didn't have quite enough to beat California School for the Deaf-Riverside and fell 3-2. While the Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cubs 25-14 in the first set.
United Christian Academy actually scored more points across those five sets (110-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 16-14.
United Christian Academy's loss came about despite a quality game from Katie Duke, who had 13 digs.
Even though they lost, United Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last five games.
Meanwhile, California Lutheran lost 3-0 to Cornerstone Christian on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the C-Hawks have suffered against the Crusaders since August 22, 2019.
California Lutheran was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-22, 25-17.
United Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 5-15. As for California Lutheran, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-16.
United Christian Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over California Lutheran when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was California Lutheran's Trinity Palomo, who had 29 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will United Christian Academy still be able to contain Palomo? There's only one way to find out.
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