Davidson Day is ranked highly in their home state and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Legion Collegiate Academy. The Davidson Day Patriots took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Legion Collegiate Academy Lancers. The Patriots' loss signaled the end of their 11-game winning streak.
Davidson Day started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-21.
Davidson Day's loss came despite strong showings from Caroline Alexander and Sophia Bagwell. Alexander had eight digs and two aces, while Bagwell had five digs. That's the most aces Alexander has posted since back in October of 2023.
Even though they lost, Davidson Day was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 14 consecutive matches.
Legion Collegiate Academy can attribute much of their success to Anya Pershin, who had 12 digs and two aces. Pershin is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Davidson Day's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-4. As for Legion Collegiate Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 30-4-3 record this season.
Davidson Day does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Legion Collegiate Academy, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-1 victory against Cardinal Newman on the 10th.
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