On Tuesday, St. Mary's Dominican faced Mt. Carmel in a battle between two of the state's top teams. St. Mary's Dominican fell just short of the Mt. Carmel Cubs by a score of 3-2. That makes it the first time this season St. Mary's Dominican has let down their home crowd.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Mt. Carmel scored at least ten points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-19, 25-23, 21-25, 15-10.
Molly Baker paced St. Mary's Dominican's offense, picking up 12 kills. Baker got some help from
Rachel Zamjahn and her 28 assists.
Olivia Meyer had a dynamite game for Mt. Carmel, getting 24 digs. With that strong performance, Meyer is now averaging an impressive 10.2 digs per game.
St. Mary's Dominican's loss ended a 22-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 25-8. As for Mt. Carmel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 33-8 record this season.
St. Mary's Dominican will be playing in front of their home fans against Riverdale at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mt. Carmel does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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