JSerra Catholic is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Highland. The Lions won by a set and slipped past the Hawks 1-0. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Lions also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2023.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day JSerra Catholic got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-11.
Their offense was headlined by Katherine Nowak and Makayla Ziegler, who picked up four kills apiece. They got some help from Catherine Beadles and her nine assists.
JSerra Catholic's win bumped their record up to 15-11. As for Highland, their loss ended a seven-match streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 16-7.
JSerra Catholic wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Orange Lutheran on the 30th. As for Highland, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Gilbert at 6:00 p.m. on the 14th. The last three games the Tigers have played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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