Volleyball Recap: Mount de Sales Academy Sailors vs. St. Paul's Girls Gators
Mount de Sales Academy entered their tilt with St. Paul's Girls on Tuesday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the St. Paul's Girls Gators. The Sailors have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Gators, too.
Mount de Sales Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (113-111), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-23, 24-26, 19-25, 16-14.
Mount de Sales Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Mount de Sales Academy's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-1. As for St. Paul's Girls, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-7 record this season.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Archbishop Spalding the next time they take the court. Mount de Sales Academy will host Archbishop Spalding at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, while St. Paul's Girls will head out to face them at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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