Volleyball Preview: Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish vs. Republic Tigers
The Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Republic Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Republic took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Springfield Catholic, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Springfield Catholic narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Central 2-1.
Springfield Catholic had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-20, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Republic didn't have quite enough to beat Carthage on Thursday and fell 3-2. Republic has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Republic actually scored more points across those five sets (110-98), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 13-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-13.
Republic's loss came about despite a quality game from Kaylee Cornelsen, who had 12 digs.
Even though they lost, Republic kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since the start of last season.
The win got Springfield Catholic back to even at 12-12-3. As for Republic, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-15.
Springfield Catholic came up short against Republic when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Springfield Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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