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. The Crusaders haven't had much luck with the Angels recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
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. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-23, 25-13, 19-25, 15-13.
Natalie Frazier paced St. Dominic's offense, picking up 25 kills. Frazier got some help from Charlotte Bland and her 42 assists. Bland was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
St. Joseph's Academy was led to victory by Frankie Vonderahe and Lily Grothe. Vonderahe had 22 digs and three assists, while Grothe had 13 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Grothe has posted over her last five matchups.
St. Dominic's defeat dropped their record down to 20-7-2. As for St. Joseph's Academy, they pushed their record up to 19-9-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Looking ahead, St. Dominic will face off against Marquette at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for St. Joseph's Academy, they have already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Mascoutah on the 9th.
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