Volleyball Recap: Flint Hill Comes Up Short in High-Profile Contest with the Academy of the Holy Cross

Flint Hill is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of The Academy of the Holy Cross. The Huskies fell just short of the Tartans by a score of 2-1.

Hunter Ross paced Flint Hill's offense, picking up 14 kills. Ross got some help from Ava Zender and her 18 assists. Mandela Masimini controlled things from the service line, finishing with five aces.

Leading The Academy of the Holy Cross to victory were Kate Bickel and Trinity Rowles. Bickel had nine digs, while Rowles had 26 assists and four digs. That's the most assists Rowles has posted over her last eight matches.

Flint Hill now has a losing record of 9-10-1. As for The Academy of the Holy Cross, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 22-0-1.

Coming up, Flint Hill will host Potomac School at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for The Academy of the Holy Cross, they will head out to take on Our Lady of Good Counsel at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.