Community Christian School\u2019s volleyball season came to an end Tuesday night, Oct. 20, with a 3-1 loss to Covenant School of Jacksonville in the FHSAA Class 1A regional quarterfinals. The Chargers finished the season with a 21-6 record after capturing a district championship and advancing to the regional playoffs.<\/p>\n
Playing at home in Tallahassee, CCS showed resilience throughout the match, battling back in multiple sets and earning a second-set victory to even the match at one set apiece.<\/p>\n
The Chargers faced an early challenge in the opening set, trailing 20-14 before mounting a comeback behind strong serving. A run of service aces from Violet McMillan helped CCS erase the deficit and take a 21-20 lead. Despite the late surge, Covenant recovered to take the opening set 25-22.<\/p>\n
CCS responded in the second set, finding its offensive rhythm and building a 19-15 advantage. Avea Casperson helped lead the attack, eventually closing out the set with a cross-court kill to secure a 25-19 win and tie the match at 1-1.<\/p>\n
Covenant regained control in the third set, building an early lead before finishing with a 25-16 victory. CCS continued to compete, with Lyndsey Freeland recording a kill during the set, but the Chargers entered the fourth set needing a win to extend the match.<\/p>\n
The Chargers delivered another strong start in the fourth, jumping ahead 6-1 as they looked to force a deciding fifth set. Covenant gradually worked its way back into contention and eventually took a 19-15 lead. CCS answered with another rally, tying the set at 19-19 behind a strong serving stretch from Sarah Bradley.<\/p>\n
However, Covenant closed out the set 25-21 to secure the match and end the Chargers\u2019 postseason run.<\/p>\n
Although the loss brought their season to a close, Community Christian leaves behind a successful campaign highlighted by a district title and a 21-6 overall record. The Chargers\u2019 ability to fight through challenging stretches and make late runs against Covenant reflected the competitive effort that carried them through the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community Christian School\u2019s volleyball season came to an end Tuesday night, Oct. 20, with a 3-1 loss to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-433949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}