Columbia is 1-6 against Mater Dei since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Columbia Eagles will take on the Mater Dei Knights at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Columbia comes in on five and Mater Dei on four.
On Tuesday, Columbia sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Belleville West.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Columbia got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 19-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Mater Dei is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Incarnate Word Academy. Mater Dei walked away with a 3-1 victory over Incarnate Word Academy.
Mater Dei was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 23-25, 25-13, 25-17.
Mater Dei's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ava Lampe, who had six digs and three aces, and Abby Kuhl, who had five digs and two aces. That's the most aces Lampe has posted in her last 13 matchups.
Mater Dei was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Columbia is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. As for Mater Dei, they pushed their record up to 17-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Columbia came up short against Mater Dei in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Columbia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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