After five games on the road, Notre Dame is heading back home. They will welcome the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Notre Dame was able to grind out a solid win over Advance, taking the game 3-1.
Notre Dame walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 25-20, 24-26, 25-11.
Notre Dame was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Saxony Lutheran had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They blew past the Wildcats 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Crusaders have posted since September 12th.
Saxony Lutheran never let Leopold on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 27-25, 25-20.
Notre Dame is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6-3 record this season. As for Saxony Lutheran, their victory bumped their record up to 12-9-1.
Notre Dame was able to grind out a solid win over Saxony Lutheran when the teams last played on Thursday, winning 2-0. Will Notre Dame repeat their success, or does Saxony Lutheran have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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