St. Mary's Prep waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Lake Orion Dragons 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Eaglets also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
St. Mary's Prep took Lake Orion into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. After all that action, the final score was 26-24, 25-15, 22-25, 22-25, 15-10.
Among those leading the charge was Ava Merlo, who had five digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since last Thursday.
St. Mary's Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Despite the loss, Lake Orion still got an impressive performance from Allison O'Rourke, who had 21 digs.
St. Mary's Prep pushed their record up to 6-4 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Lake Orion, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-3.
St. Mary's Prep will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against Shrine Catholic at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The last three games St. Mary's Prep has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Lake Orion, they will head out to take on West Bloomfield at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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