Volleyball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Woodland Regional's Ninth in Last Ten Outings + How To Watch

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Previous Games

10/21/25 - Away	3-2 W
09/26/25 - Home	1-3 L
10/28/24 - Neutral	3-0 W
10/21/24 - Home	3-0 W
09/06/24 - Away	3-0 W
+ 5 more games

Woodland Regional proved they can win big on Friday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a set and slipped past the Holy Cross Crusaders 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Hawks have posted against the Crusaders since October 3, 2023.

It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Woodland Regional got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 21-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-13.

Lauryn Mason paced Woodland Regional's offense, picking up 15 kills. Mason got some help from Hannah Mishler and her 35 assists. Finally, Nora Nemec kept Woodland Regional's defense grounded, leading the team with six blocks.

When it comes to explaining why Holy Cross lost, don't look at Alexa Ruggia. Despite the final result, she had 32 digs and one assist.

Woodland Regional is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-5-1 record this season. As for Holy Cross, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-6.

Woodland Regional does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Holy Cross, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Ansonia at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.