The Nashville Hornets will challenge the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nashville will be looking to extend their current 16-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Nashville earned a 2-0 win over Murphysboro.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Nashville was: they took both sets by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Althoff Catholic rose to the challenge on Monday. They came out on top against the Shells by a score of 2-0. The victory was familiar territory for the Crusaders who have now won five contests in a row.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Althoff Catholic took both sets by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-10.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Althoff Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Riley Fairbairn, who had nine digs.
Althoff Catholic couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.3% of their attack attempts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hitting percentage total in three consecutive games.
Nashville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 21 of their last 22 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 31-3 record this season. As for Althoff Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 24-11.
Nashville came up short against Althoff Catholic in their previous matchup back in October of 2016, falling 2-0. Can Nashville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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