Resurrection Christian volleyball won 70-straight matches, dating back to the 2013 season. (Aislyn Carrillo/CHSAANow.com)
Resurrection Christian volleyball had its long winning streak ended on Tuesday in a 3-1 defeat to Roosevelt.
The streak, which dated to the 2013 season, spanned two state championship teams. Resurrection Christian’s last loss came Nov. 10, 2012 to knock the team out of the Class 2A state tournament.
The Cougars went 29-0 in 2013, and then 29-0 again in 2014. They had started with 12 straight wins this season to push the streak to 70 consecutive matches, which now stands as the third-longest winning streak in the sport’s history in this state.
Evergreen holds the state record with 182 consecutive matches won from 1978-85, and that’s a mark that will likely never be broken. Fowler is No. 2 with 92 consecutive wins from 1992-94.
Part of Resurrection Christian’s recent streak included three long winning streaks in terms of sets. Resurrection Christian won 41 consecutive sets in 2013, the fourth-most in history, and then 37 in a row in 2014, the ninth-most in history. Then, this season, the Cougars won 29-straight sets, the 14th-best streak in state history.
As for Tuesday’s loss, Resurrection Christian, ranked No. 1 in 2A to this point, was taken down by Roosevelt, a 4A program, 19-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-9.
There were two other long volleyball winning streaks which came to an end this season.
Lewis-Palmer had its 48-match winning streak snapped on Saturday. Fleming had a 49-match winning streak snapped on Sept. 11. Both of those streaks rank in the top 12 in state history.