Volleyball Recap: Joel Barlow's Win on Thursday Extends Winning Streak to 11 + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2025, 1:09pm

Volleyball Recap: Joel Barlow Falcons vs. Kolbe-Cathedral Cougars

HOW TO WATCH: This match can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the CT Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) & Joel Barlow High School. Watch Full Replay

Falcons

Previous Games

10/16/25 vs Kolbe-Cathedral3-0
10/14/25 @ New Fairfield3-0
10/09/25 @ Masuk3-1
10/07/25 vs Bunnell3-0
10/03/25 vs Immaculate3-0
+ 6 more games

Joel Barlow waltzed into their contest on Thursday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They put the hurt on the Kolbe-Cathedral Cougars with a sharp 3-0 win. The Falcons have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Cougars, too.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Joel Barlow was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-1, 25-7.

Leading Joel Barlow to victory were Ripley Robinson and Aislyn Reilly. Robinson had 14 aces, while Reilly had 11 aces. Those 11 aces gave Reilly a new career-high.

They weren't the only good servers: Joel Barlow was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 34 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

Joel Barlow's record now sits at 14-3. As for Kolbe-Cathedral, they are on a 14-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.

Joel Barlow didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Weston on the 18th. As for Kolbe-Cathedral, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against New Milford on the 18th.

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