Banff is 1-9 against Faith Christian since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Banff Bears will head out to square off against the Faith Christian Saints at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Banff sitting on eight straight victories and Faith Christian on 22.
Last Thursday, Banff narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past The Connection School of Houston 3-2.
Banff 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 24-26, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Banff was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 22.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian made easy work of Still Creek Christian on Friday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Faith Christian was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-11, 25-8.
Banff has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Faith Christian, they pushed their record up to 30-3 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home.
Banff came up short against Faith Christian when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Banff avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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