It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Saint Thomas Aquinas had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the St. James Academy Thunder out 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Saints.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Saint Thomas Aquinas who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 22-25, 25-20.
Alea Goolsby paced Saint Thomas Aquinas' offense, picking up 17 kills. Goolsby got some help from
Alayna Vaeth and her 41 assists.
Emma Nash controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Saint Thomas Aquinas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 33-6 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hitting percentage: their hitting percentage was 32% in those games and 29.8% outside of them. As for St. James Academy, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 31-7.
Saint Thomas Aquinas has already played their next game, a 2-1 victory against Seaman on the 2nd. As for St. James Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Kapaun Mt. Carmel on the 2nd.
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