St. Joseph is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while East Bernard is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, St. Joseph was able to grind out a solid win over Saint Mary's Hall, taking the game 3-1.
St. Joseph had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-10, 25-20, 25-15.
St. Joseph was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, East Bernard made easy work of Brazos on Friday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-9, 25-15, 25-21.
St. Joseph is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 33-11 record this season. As for East Bernard, their win bumped their record up to 24-16.
St. Joseph beat East Bernard 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Will St. Joseph repeat their success, or does East Bernard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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