Volleyball Recap: South Sioux City Cardinals vs. Gross Catholic Cougars
It was a proper cat-fight when South Sioux City took on Gross Catholic on Monday. The South Sioux City Cardinals fell 2-0 to the Gross Catholic Cougars. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Cardinals of the 2-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September of 2023.
South Sioux City was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-18.
South Sioux City's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Somarah Watts, who had 13 digs and two aces, and Olivia Arens, who had seven digs and four aces. That's the most aces Arens has posted since back in September.
Even though they lost, South Sioux City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 8.2.
Gross Catholic was led to victory by Kelsey Sigmund and Mariah Dutcher. Sigmund had 14 digs, while Dutcher had nine digs, two kills, and two aces. Dutcher has been hot recently, having also posted 13 or more assists the last ten times she's played.
South Sioux City's record is now 5-7. As for Gross Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Duchesne the next time they take the court. Gross Catholic will head out to face Duchesne at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, while South Sioux City will play them later in the day, at 5:00 p.m.
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