After flying high against St. Anne's-Belfield on Friday, St. Catherine came back down to earth. The Saints fell just short of the Collegiate Cougars by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. Saints fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against the Cougars since Tuesday.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets St. Catherine's lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 11-25, 26-24, 25-23, 18-25, 15-12.
Paxton Raymond paced St. Catherine's offense, picking up 13 kills. Raymond got some help from Lila Cross and her 26 assists. Raymond was also solid from the service line: she led the team with seven aces.
St. Catherine's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 6-7. As for Collegiate, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-5.
St. Catherine's and Collegiate could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings. The Saints (ranked 86th) will meet Central Virginia Homeschool Athletic Association (ranked seventh) at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Collegiate will face off against Episcopal at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday with a big rank disadvantage (91 vs. 11).
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