St. Thomas More is a perfect 4-0 against Cecilia since October of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Cougars will take on the Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Thomas More has 20 straight victories, Cecilia has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
St. Thomas More is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: St. Joseph's Academy, who was ranked tenth at the time (St. Thomas More was ranked first). The Cougars had just enough and edged out the Redstickers 3-2 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Cougars have posted since October 12, 2024.
St. Thomas More wouldn't go down easily and took St. Joseph's Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 15-10.
Clare Thomson
| 09/06/25 vs Notre Dame | 6 |
| 09/06/25 vs Southside | 7 |
| 09/12/25 vs Denham Springs | 7 |
| 09/13/25 vs St. Joseph's Academy | 7 |
| 09/12/25 vs Benjamin Franklin | 9 |
St. Thomas More found their leader in sophomore Clare Thomson, who had 25 assists and nine digs. Those 25 assists set a new season-high mark for Thomson. The team also got some help courtesy of Madeleine Blanchard, who had 11 digs and one assist.
St. Thomas More was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2024.
Meanwhile, Cecilia didn't have quite enough to beat Catholic of Pointe Coupee on Thursday and fell 3-2.
St. Thomas More's victory bumped their record up to 15-0. As for Cecilia, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.
St. Thomas More took their win against Cecilia in their previous meeting back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cougars since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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