Volleyball Recap: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Takes a Loss

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to the Archbishop Riordan Crusaders. The Fightin' Irish were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Crusaders apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October of 2024.

The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 28-26, 25-23, 26-24.

Madi Mullins

Digs

09/25/25 @ Archbishop Riordan	32
09/23/25 vs St. Ignatius College Preparatory	24
09/18/25 @ Valley Christian	19
09/16/25 vs Presentation	16

Despite the loss, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory still got an impressive performance from Madi Mullins, who had 32 digs. Mullins has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more digs the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kaylen Edora, who had 17 digs.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's defeat dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Archbishop Riordan, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 7-5.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory has already played their next match (against Saint Francis), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Archbishop Riordan also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against St. Ignatius College Preparatory.