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| 04/11/26 - Neutral | 2-1 W |
| 04/10/26 - Away | 2-3 L |
| 05/02/25 - Away | 3-0 W |
| 04/12/25 - Neutral | 3-0 W |
| 04/04/25 - Home | 3-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
St. Xavier is 8-2 against Archbishop Moeller since May of 2023 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Bombers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fighting Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Xavier comes in on three and Archbishop Moeller on seven.
St. Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Lakota East, who was ranked eighth at the time (St. Xavier was ranked fifth). The Bombers were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Thunderhawks on Thursday.
St. Xavier not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Lakota East between 16 and 19 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-19.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Xavier to victory, but perhaps none more so than Will Payton, who had four digs and four aces. With that strong performance, Payton is now averaging an impressive 12.2 assists per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Sorce, who had ten digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good servers: St. Xavier was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in May of 2025.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Moeller earned a 3-1 win over Archbishop Alter on Tuesday.
Archbishop Moeller had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-16, 25-9, 25-20.
Archbishop Moeller's victory bumped their record up to 15-3. As for St. Xavier, their win bumped their record up to 13-6.
St. Xavier skirted past Archbishop Moeller 2-1 in their previous matchup back in April. Do the Bombers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Fighting Crusaders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
