The Northwest Christian Crusaders will head out to challenge the BASIS Phoenix Firebirds at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
BASIS Phoenix is hoping to do what Odyssey Institute couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Northwest Christian's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Northwest Christian's way against Odyssey Institute as Northwest Christian made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-14, 25-18.
Northwest Christian can attribute much of their success to Lily Brumbaugh, who had nine digs and two aces, and Maggie Whittemore, who had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Whittemore has posted since September 7th.
Northwest Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive contests.
While BASIS Phoenix didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-9), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Red Rock 3-0 on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Firebirds sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Northwest Christian's record now sits at 8-5. As for BASIS Phoenix, their record now sits at 7-2.
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