Arrupe Jesuit hasn't had much luck against Bennett recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Arrupe Jesuit Generals will face off against the Bennett Tigers at 10:00 a.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Arrupe Jesuit had just enough and edged Lake County out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Generals.
Arrupe Jesuit had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-15, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Bennett had already won seven in a row and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They blew past the Rams 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bennett was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-9, 25-8.
Arrupe Jesuit's win bumped their record up to 14-6. As for Bennett, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Arrupe Jesuit might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Bennett when the teams last played back in September. Can Arrupe Jesuit avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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