St. Dominic faced St. Joseph's Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. The Crusaders fell just short of the Angels by a score of 3-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Angels this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-0 two weeks ago.
St. Dominic wouldn't go down easily and took St. Joseph's Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-23, 25-13, 19-25, 15-13.
Leading St. Joseph's Academy to victory were Frankie Vonderahe and Lily Grothe. Vonderahe had 22 digs and three assists, while Grothe had 13 digs and two aces. Vonderahe has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last four times she's played.
St. Dominic's defeat dropped their record down to 20-7-2. As for St. Joseph's Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-9-1 record this season.
St. Dominic will head out on the road to challenge Marquette at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for St. Joseph's Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Mascoutah on the 9th.
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