St. Benedict at Auburndale is 2-8 against St. Mary's Episcopal since September of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The St. Benedict at Auburndale Eagles are on the road again to play the St. Mary's Episcopal Turkeys at 6:30 p.m.
Last Tuesday, St. Benedict at Auburndale came up short against St. Agnes Academy and fell 3-1.
St. Benedict at Auburndale started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 29-27, 25-11.
Even though they lost, St. Benedict at Auburndale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went St. Mary's Episcopal's way against St. George's on Tuesday as St. Mary's Episcopal made off with a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was St. Mary's Episcopal's feisty defense: they held St. George's to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-12, 25-10.
St. Benedict at Auburndale's defeat dropped their record down to 9-16. As for St. Mary's Episcopal, they pushed their record up to 14-11 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
St. Benedict at Auburndale might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from St. Mary's Episcopal in their previous meeting back in September. Can St. Benedict at Auburndale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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