A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withthe Seckman Jaguars at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Festus sitting on seven straight victories and Seckman on six.
Last Tuesday, Festus earned a 3-1 win over St. Francis Borgia.
Festus had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-18.
Jessie Hawkins was nothing short of spectacular: she had 20 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Seckman posted their biggest victory since September 24th on Wednesday. Everything went their way against North County as Seckman made off with a 3-0 win.
Seckman's got stronger as the match went on, holding North County to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-19, 25-12.
Sophie Steinbrueck and Ava Hall were among the main playmakers for Seckman as the former had seven digs and four aces and the latter had five digs and five aces. Those five aces gave Hall a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Seckman was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matches.
Festus is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5-1 record this season. As for Seckman, they pushed their record up to 20-8-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Festus came out on top in a nail-biter against Seckman in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Festus since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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