The Archbishop Molloy Stanners will head out to challenge the St. John's Prep Red Storm at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Saturday, Archbishop Molloy didn't have quite enough to beat Ursuline and fell 1-0. The Stanners have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Archbishop Molloy may have fallen short, but they were sure consistent: they scored 16 points in every single set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16.
Meanwhile, St. John's Prep didn't have quite enough to beat Cardinal Spellman on Saturday and fell 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, St. John's Prep sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-16, 24-26, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13.
St. John's Prep's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Markela Magkaniotis, who had six digs and four aces, and Olivia Mura, who had four aces. The dominant performance gave Magkaniotis a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, St. John's Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Archbishop Molloy now has a losing record at 1-2. As for St. John's Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
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