Covenant Day hasn't had much luck against Cannon recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions challenges the Cannon Cougars at 6:15 p.m. Covenant Day will be strutting in after a victory while Cannon will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Covenant Day finally turned things around against Carmel Christian on Monday. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 3-0 win.
Covenant Day never let Carmel Christian on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-16, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Cannon faced Charlotte Latin in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Cannon fell just short of Charlotte Latin by a score of 3-2. The Cougars' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Cannon started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-18, 15-13.
Even though they lost, Cannon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 12 consecutive matchups.
Covenant Day's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-10. As for Cannon, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6.
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