With a playoff game on the line, St. Joseph Academy rose to the challenge on Thursday. They blew past the Mentor Cardinals 3-0. The win was familiar territory for the Jaguars who have now won seven contests in a row.
One reason for the win was St. Joseph Academy's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-15, 25-13.
St. Joseph Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
St. Joseph Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. As for Mentor, they moved to 18-7 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
St. Joseph Academy is on the road again on Saturday to play Magnificat at 2:00 p.m. Mentor does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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