Castle waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats. The Knights have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.
While Castle won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 26-24, 25-21.
Castle was led to victory by Caroline Kenworthy and Karsyn Wilhelmus. Kenworthy had 11 digs and two aces, while Wilhelmus had 12 digs. Kenworthy is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Despite the loss, Evansville Mater Dei still got an impressive performance from Lacy Marx, who had 16 digs.
Castle pushed their record up to 28-3 with the victory, which was their 24th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Evansville Mater Dei, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 17-8 record.
After both having extra time off, Castle and Evansville North will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Evansville Mater Dei, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Evansville Harrison on the 10th.
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