Catholic and Steward are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Catholic Crusaders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Steward Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Catholic is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since October 10, 2023 on Tuesday. They blew past Trinity Episcopal 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-8, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Steward narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Grace Christian School 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Steward was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-101), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 12-25, 24-26, 25-23, 25-20, 15-10.
Steward kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least five blocks in four consecutive contests.
Catholic's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-2. As for Steward, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Catholic took their victory against Steward in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Catholic repeat their success, or does Steward have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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