If Cooper was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of St. Thomas Episcopal last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cooper Dragons fell just short of the St. John XXIII Lions by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Dragons of the 3-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in August of 2022.
Cooper took St. John XXIII into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-12, 23-25, 19-25, 16-14.
Cooper dropped their record down to 11-9 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home. As for St. John XXIII, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season.
Cooper will head out to take on Episcopal at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for St. John XXIII, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-1 loss vs. St. Agnes Academy on the 25th.
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