Volleyball Recap: Notre Dame Academy Comes Up Short

Notre Dame Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell 2-0 to the De Pere Redbirds. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Redbirds this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 last Thursday.

Chayse Penzenstadler paced Notre Dame Academy's offense, picking up three kills. Penzenstadler got some help from Kailyn Kline and her five assists. Penzenstadler was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.

De Pere can attribute much of their success to Mallory Derenne, who had nine digs and three aces. That's the most aces Derenne has posted since back in September.

Notre Dame Academy's loss dropped their record down to 10-23. As for De Pere, the victory snapped their losing streak at three matches and leaves them with a 17-14 record.

Notre Dame Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Sheboygan North on the 7th. As for De Pere, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against West De Pere on the 7th.