After three games on the road, Mesilla Valley Christian School is heading back home. After both having extra time off, they and the Immanuel Christian Warriors will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Two weeks ago, everything went Mesilla Valley Christian School's way against Hatch Valley as Mesilla Valley Christian School made off with a 3-0 win.
While Mesilla Valley Christian School won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 27-25, 25-13.
Mesilla Valley Christian School can attribute much of their success to Briley Eaton, who had 16 digs and three aces, and Julia Black, who had three aces. The dominant performance gave Black a new career-high in aces.
Mesilla Valley Christian School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Immanuel Christian got the win against Irvin on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-13, 25-17, 25-14.
Mesilla Valley Christian School's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Immanuel Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Mesilla Valley Christian School has serving mastered this season, having averaged 12.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Immanuel Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mesilla Valley Christian School skirted past Immanuel Christian 3-2 in their previous meeting back in October of 2015. Will Mesilla Valley Christian School repeat their success, or does Immanuel Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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