After both having extra time off, the Carlisle Chiefs and the Roanoke Catholic Celtics will dust off their jerseys to 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, it was close, but Carlisle sidestepped Chatham Hall for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Chiefs.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Carlisle who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 23-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-11.
De'Miya Martin was a one-man wrecking crew for Carlisle as she had 29 digs and two aces. Martin has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last five times she's played.
Meanwhile, Roanoke Catholic had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top against the Golden Eagles by a score of 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 27-29, 25-10, 25-19.
Roanoke Catholic's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cat Patterson, who had 16 digs, five kills, and five kills, and Justinne Llavore, who had 23 digs, 12 kills, and 12 kills. What's more, Patterson also racked up five aces, the mostshe's had in her last six contests. Another player making a difference was Addisen Green, who had 13 digs and ten kills.
Roanoke Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 19.8.
The win got Carlisle back to even at 4-4. As for Roanoke Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season.
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