The Prairie School and St. Joseph are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. The Prairie School Hawks will head out to face off against the St. Joseph Lancers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Prairie School is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
On Tuesday, The Prairie School sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over University School of Milwaukee.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day The Prairie School got the one that really mattered. After all that action, the final score was 27-25, 23-25, 25-15, 22-25, 16-14.
The Prairie School's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Addie Zaleski led the charge by getting 14 kills. The team also got some help courtesy of Winter Schienke, who had 11 kills.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph didn't have done well against Catholic Central recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. St. Joseph was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Catholic Central. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Lancers have posted since October 5, 2023.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-17, 25-19.
The Prairie School now has a winning record of 4-3. As for St. Joseph, the win snapped their losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-10 record.
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