After both having extra time off, the St. Paul Flyers and the St. John Fighting Herald will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Paul comes in on four and St. John on 25.
St. Paul is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Joseph Central Catholic , sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (110-104) St. Paul actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-23, 20-25, 15-25, 29-27, 15-10.
Meanwhile, St. John made easy work of David Anderson on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The victory didn't come easy: David Anderson scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-11, 25-16.
Caitlyn Carney and Lizzie Ducro were among the main playmakers for St. John as the former had 11 digs and three aces and the latter had 17 digs, two kills, and two aces. Ducro has been hot for a while, having also posted 15 or more assists the last 19 times she's played.
St. John was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 19 consecutive games.
St. Paul is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for St. John, their win bumped their record up to 25-0.
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