St. Thomas Aquinas waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Venice Indians. This was payback for the Raiders, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
St. Thomas Aquinas 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 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 26-24.
St. Thomas Aquinas was led to victory by Tameary Wardlaw and Mikayla Porter. Wardlaw had 17 digs, while Porter had ten digs, eight kills, three aces, and two blocks. That's the most aces Porter has posted since back in September.
St. Thomas Aquinas kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Venice only had a.
Despite the loss, Venice still got an impressive performance from Brighton Ferguson, who had 17 digs. Ferguson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
St. Thomas Aquinas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Venice, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.
St. Thomas Aquinas wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-1 win against Archbishop McCarthy on the 3rd. Venice has also already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Port Charlotte on the 2nd.
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