With a playoff game on the line, Faith Christian rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the South Newton Rebels. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Eagles also won the last time the pair played back in September.
The final score came out to 25-21, 26-24, 22-25, 25-23.
Leading Faith Christian to victory were Kelsey Olehy and Caya Stillings. Olehy had 11 aces and ten digs, while Stillings had 11 digs. With that strong performance, Olehy is now averaging an impressive 2.3 aces per game.
Faith Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Despite the loss, South Newton still got an impressive performance from Briley Iseminger, who had 16 digs. Iseminger has been hot recently, having posted 14 or more digs the last four times she's played.
Faith Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-4 record this season. As for South Newton, they moved to 26-11 with that loss, which also ended their ten-game winning streak.
Faith Christian is on the road again on Saturday to play Trinity Lutheran at 11:00 a.m. Trinity Lutheran will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Faith Christian surely won't give up without a fight. South Newton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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