Volleyball Game Preview: St. John's Cadets vs. Bishop McNamara Mustangs

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Previous Games

10/09/25 - Home	3-0 W
10/08/24 - Away	3-1 W
10/13/23 - Home	3-1 W
10/14/22 - Home	3-0 W
09/07/22 - Away	3-2 W
+ 5 more games

St. John is a perfect 10-0 against Bishop McNamara since October of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Cadets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

St. John's is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: The Academy of the Holy Cross, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (St. John's was ranked third). The Cadets fell just short of the Tartans by a score of 3-2 on Thursday.

St. John's actually scored more points across those five sets (107-106), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-11.

Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Bishop McNamara's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Bishop O'Connell. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Mustangs have suffered since October 9th.

The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-11.

Bishop McNamara's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for St. John's, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-9.

Everything went St. John's way against Bishop McNamara when the teams last played on October 9th, as St. John's made off with a 3-0 victory. Do the Cadets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.