Volleyball Game Preview: St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders vs. New Life Academy Eagles + Official Tickets

The St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders will challenge the New Life Academy Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with St. Croix Lutheran sitting on three straight victories and New Life Academy on five.

St. Croix Lutheran is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over St. Croix Prep.

Olivia Footh

Assists

10/28/25 vs St. Croix Prep	31
10/25/25 vs Concordia Academy	19
10/09/25 @ Concordia Academy	27
10/07/25 vs New Life Academy	24
10/02/25 @ Liberty Classical Academy	34
+ 5 more games

Olivia Footh was nothing short of spectacular: she had 11 digs and two aces. She is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 16 or more in each of the last ten games she's played.

Footh wasn't the only good servers: St. Croix Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.

The home team had won the previous seven meetings between New Life Academy and Minnehaha Academy, and New Life Academy kept the tradition alive. The Eagles put the hurt on the Red Hawks with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday.

New Life Academy's got stronger as the match went on, holding Minnehaha Academy to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-18, 25-14.

New Life Academy's win bumped their record up to 24-4-1. As for St. Croix Lutheran, their victory bumped their record up to 18-8.