South Sioux City is 1-9 against Gross Catholic since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The South Sioux City Cardinals will host the Gross Catholic Cougars at 5:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Tuesday, South Sioux City had just enough and edged Roncalli Catholic out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cardinals.
South Sioux City got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 28-30, 20-25, 25-21, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Gross Catholic sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Burke on Thursday.
Gross Catholic wouldn't go down easily and took Burke into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-15, 18-25, 21-25, 17-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Gross Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kelsey Sigmund, who had 23 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Sigmund has posted in her last nine matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Justina Cronin, who had 19 digs.
Gross Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive games.
South Sioux City pushed their record up to 5-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Gross Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
South Sioux City came up short against Gross Catholic in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Will South Sioux City have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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