On Thursday, Trinity Academy faced Halstead in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Trinity Academy Knights fell just short of the Halstead Dragons by a score of 2-1. The game marked the Knights' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Trinity Academy actually scored more points across those three sets (69-67), but sadly they still had to settle for second. After all that action, the final score was 25-20, 16-25, 26-24.
Trinity Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Regan Allen, who had 11 digs, and Sage Illian, who had five digs and two aces. Illian has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more assists the last seven times she's played.
The defeat snapped Trinity Academy's winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 8-1 record. As for Halstead, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 9-0.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Trinity Academy will face off against Abilene at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Halstead, they will play host again on Thursday to welcome Lyons, where is scheduled at 9:00 p.m. Halstead is facing Lyons at the right time seeing as Lyons is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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