The Mater Dei Knights will face off against the Fairfield Mules at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mater Dei will be looking to keep their 13-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Mater Dei is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Edwardsville just ended the team's 14-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Tigers. Considering the last time the Knights couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Mater Dei was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Fairfield unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Carmi-White County. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Mules haven't been shut out since back in September.
The final score came out to 25-10, 25-18.
Mater Dei's defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 27-2. As for Fairfield, their loss dropped their record down to 20-9.
Mater Dei beat Fairfield 2-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2019. Does Mater Dei have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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