St. Paul's Episcopal is 1-9 against McGill-Toolen since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The St. Paul's Episcopal Saints will be staying on the road to face off against the McGill-Toolen Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m.
Last Thursday, St. Paul's Episcopal didn't have quite enough to beat UMS-Wright Prep and fell 3-2.
St. Paul's Episcopal wouldn't go down easily and took UMS-Wright Prep into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-16, 21-25, 23-25, 21-19.
Meanwhile, McGill-Toolen waltzed into their contest on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Admirals 3-0.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 27-25, 27-25.
McGill-Toolen can attribute much of their success to Payton Mcclarren, who had 13 digs and two aces. Mcclarren is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season.
McGill-Toolen was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive matches.
St. Paul's Episcopal's loss dropped their record down to 8-22. As for McGill-Toolen, their victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-7.
St. Paul's Episcopal suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to McGill-Toolen when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can St. Paul's Episcopal avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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