On Thursday, Lafayette faced St. Dominic in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lafayette Lancers fell just short of the St. Dominic Crusaders by a score of 3-2. The Lancers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Crusaders apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September of 2023.
Lafayette actually scored more points across those five sets (108-96), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 15-25, 17-15.
Despite the loss, Lafayette still got an impressive performance from Addy Wiese, who had 27 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Lafayette was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Lafayette's defeat ended a 12-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 19-2. As for St. Dominic, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-2.
After both having extra time off, Lafayette and Parkway West will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lafayette will be looking to keep their 23-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for St. Dominic, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Blue Valley West on the 5th.
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