After losing to Pacelli the last time they met, Marathon decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Marathon Red Raiders had just enough and edged the Pacelli Cardinals out 3-2 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Red Raiders.
Marathon was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (101-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-18, 14-25, 26-24, 15-9.
Despite the loss, Pacelli had strong showings from Annie Vaughan, who had 18 digs, and Courtney Carpenter, who had six kills and six digs.
Marathon has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Pacelli, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-11.
Marathon wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 3-1 win against Prentice on the 15th. Pacelli has also already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Port Edwards on the 15th.
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