The Cedar Catholic Trojans will square off against the Kenesaw Blue Devils at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cedar Catholic is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, Cedar Catholic made easy work of Hartington-Newcastle and carried off a 3-0 win.
Cedar Catholic was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-10, 25-16.
Cedar Catholic relied on the efforts of Bailey Hochstein, who had 15 digs, and Lauren Bernecker, who hit 57.1% for eight kills and seven digs and five aces. That's the most aces Bernecker has posted since back in August.
Cedar Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Kenesaw was able to grind out a solid victory over Alma on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
Kenesaw had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-17.
Cedar Catholic's record is now 13-18. As for Kenesaw, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 21 of their last 23 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-6 record this season.
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