Volleyball Recap: Ursuline Academy Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Notre Dame Academy

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Previous 5 Games

10/09/25 vs Notre Dame Academy	2-3
10/07/25 vs St. Henry	3-1
10/02/25 @ Mercy McAuley	3-0
09/30/25 vs St. Ursula Academy	3-1
09/27/25 vs St. Ursula Academy	3-0

Ursuline Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Notre Dame Academy. The Lions fell just short of the Pandas by a score of 3-2. The Lions' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.

Ursuline Academy started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 28-30, 18-25, 25-16, 25-13, 15-11.

Jillian Forrest paced Ursuline Academy's offense, picking up 14 kills. Forrest got some help from Kelsey Green and her 40 assists. Mina Radaszewski controlled things from the service line, finishing with five aces.

Dara Jackson went supernova For Notre Dame Academy., getting 34 digs and three aces. Those 34 digs gave Jackson a new career-high.

Ursuline Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 15-7. As for Notre Dame Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 22-6.

Ursuline Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Mt. Healthy on the 18th. As for Notre Dame Academy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against St. Henry on the 11th.