The Trinity Shamrocks will take on the Henry Clay Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Trinity is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: St. Xavier, who was ranked first at the time (Trinity was ranked second). The Shamrocks took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers on Monday. The Shamrocks haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Trinity started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Henry Clay, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Sayre with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Henry Clay took every set by at least 16 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-9, 25-7.
Henry Clay had a senior duo take command as Jonny Pineda had 24 assists and four aces and Cooper Pugh had 12 digs and two aces. Those four aces set a new season-high mark for Pineda.
Henry Clay was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive games.
Trinity's defeat dropped their record down to 12-3. As for Henry Clay, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Trinity was able to grind out a solid win over Henry Clay in their previous matchup back in March, winning 2-0. Do the Shamrocks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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