Battle Creek was the 2-0 winner over Norfolk Catholic when they last played one another back in September, but their luck changed this time around. The Battle Creek Braves came up short against the Norfolk Catholic Knights on Thursday, falling 3-0. Considering the last time the Braves couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Battle Creek was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-17, 25-21.
Battle Creek lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jaidyn Smutny, who had 11 digs. Smutny is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 18 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Piper Strom, who had ten digs.
This is the second loss in a row for Battle Creek and nudges their season record down to 22-8. As for Norfolk Catholic, they pushed their record up to 25-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
As of now, neither Battle Creek nor Norfolk Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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