Pine and Cardinal Newman met for a duel on Wednesday where Pine had to take the L. The Pine Knights fell 3-1 to the Cardinal Newman Crusaders. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Pine 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 25-27, 25-15, 27-25, 27-25.
Despite the defeat, Pine had strong showings from Juliette Swan, who had 17 digs, and Amelia Mitchell, who had six digs and ten assists. Swan has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Shay Pfendler had an outrageously good game for Cardinal Newman as she had 23 digs.
Pine's loss dropped their record down to 12-5. As for Cardinal Newman, their record is now 13-7.
Pine will head out to challenge Centennial at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Pine is facing Centennial at the right time seeing as Centennial is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Cardinal Newman, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Lake Worth Christian on the 3rd.
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