The Temple Christian Crusaders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Blue Ridge Christian Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Temple Christian made easy work of Faith Christian Academy and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-15, 25-15.
Temple Christian's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kaidyn Griffin, who had three aces, a kill, and 22 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Kirra Herman, who had five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Temple Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge Christian had already won six in a row and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Mavericks.
Blue Ridge Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-23.
Temple Christian's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-9. As for Blue Ridge Christian, they pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Everything went Temple Christian's way against Blue Ridge Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2017, as Temple Christian made off with a 3-0 win. Will Temple Christian repeat their success, or does Blue Ridge Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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