The St. Francis Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Mount Vernon Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Francis will be strutting in after a victory while Mount Vernon will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, St. Francis sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Morrow. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
St. Francis was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (58-57), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Mount Vernon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 2-0 to Baylor.
Mount Vernon was the model of consistency in the loss, scoring 15 points in every single set they played. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-15.
St. Francis is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-13 record this season. As for Mount Vernon, their loss dropped their record down to 19-16.
St. Francis came up short against Mount Vernon in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can St. Francis avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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