On Thursday Grove Christian School will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Grace Christian School Kings at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Grove Christian School faced off against Williamsburg Christian Academy on Monday. Everything went Grove Christian School's way against Williamsburg Christian Academy as Grove Christian School made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Grove Christian School won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-13, 25-22.
Grove Christian School found their leader in underclassman Lexi Turner, who had seven digs and seven aces. Those seven aces set a new season-high mark for Turner.
Grove Christian School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Grace Christian School narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Denbigh Baptist Christian 3-2.
Grace Christian School was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-100), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 11-25, 21-25, 28-26, 15-9.
Grove Christian School has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Grace Christian School, they pushed their record up to 22-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Grove Christian School has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 13.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Grace Christian School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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