Worthington Christian has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to square off against the Highland Fighting Scots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Worthington Christian and River Valley met for a duel on Saturday where Worthington Christian prevailed. Worthington Christian had just enough and edged River Valley out 3-2.
Worthington Christian took River Valley into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 23-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Highland rose to the challenge on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Fighting Scots.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Highland was: they took every set by at least 20 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-5, 25-4.
Highland can attribute much of their success to MaKaylee Merckling, who had nine digs and five aces. That's the most aces Merckling has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Faith Gantz, who had five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Highland 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 five aces in 23 consecutive contests.
Worthington Christian has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Highland, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-5.
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