Mother McAuley has gone 5-0 against Fenwick recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mother McAuley Mighty Macs are taking a road trip to face off against the Fenwick Friars at 6:00 p.m. Mother McAuley is looking to tack on another W to their 11-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Mother McAuley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Loyola Academy, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Mother McAuley was ranked second). Mother McAuley came out on top against Loyola Academy by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday.
Mother McAuley didn't let Loyola Academy take a single set, but it sure wasn't easy: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-22.
Mother McAuley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sydney Buchanan, who had 13 kills, 12 digs, and three aces, and Peyton Heatherly, who had 14 digs, three kills, and a block. Buchanan is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had six or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Abbey Williams, who had 12 digs and six kills.
Meanwhile, Fenwick unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Laurence.
Fenwick was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-11.
Mother McAuley is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season. As for Fenwick, their loss dropped their record down to 13-18.
Mother McAuley was able to grind out a solid win over Fenwick in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mother McAuley since the squad 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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