Mount de Sales Academy entered their tilt with St. Paul's Girls on Tuesday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the St. Paul's Girls Gators. The Sailors have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Gators, too.
Mount de Sales Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (113-111), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-23, 24-26, 19-25, 16-14.
Mount de Sales Academy 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 six aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Mount de Sales Academy's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-1. As for St. Paul's Girls, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-7 record this season.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Archbishop Spalding the next time they take the court. Mount de Sales Academy will host Archbishop Spalding at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, while St. Paul's Girls will head out to face them at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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