The St. Joseph Lancers and the Dominican Knights are set to duel on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
St. Joseph is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since September 5th two weeks ago. They came up short against Racine Lutheran, falling 3-0. The Lancers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match was exciting from start to finish, as two sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 27-25, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Dominican entered their contest against Racine Lutheran on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Dominican fell just short of Racine Lutheran by a score of 3-2. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Dominican wouldn't go down easily and took Racine Lutheran into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-14, 16-25, 17-25, 19-17.
Despite the defeat, Dominican saw an underclassman step up: Gabby Johnson had 25 digs.
Even though they lost, Dominican was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matches.
St. Joseph's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Dominican, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-7.
St. Joseph came up short against Dominican in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Thankfully for St. Joseph, Kate Boettinger (who had 24 digs) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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