The Seton Saints will challenge the Fairfield Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Seton sitting on nine straight wins and Fairfield on six.
Seton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Fairmont 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-3, 25-7.
Meanwhile, Fairfield hadn't done well against Lakota West recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Fairfield had just enough and edged Lakota West out 3-2.
Fairfield took Lakota West into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-18, 22-25, 19-25, 15-13.
Fairfield's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kendall Kupper, who had 26 digs and three aces, and Rose Rodriguez, who had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces Rodriguez has posted in her last seven matchups.
Fairfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in six consecutive matches.
Seton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2 record this season. As for Fairfield, they pushed their record up to 17-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Everything went Seton's way against Fairfield when the teams last played back in October of 2019, as Seton made off with a 3-0 win. Does Seton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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