The St. Henry Crusaders will head out on the road to face off against the Ursuline Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
St. Henry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Ryle, who was ranked 12th at the time (St. Henry was ranked ninth). The Crusaders fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. While the Crusaders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Raiders 25-21 in the first set.
St. Henry actually scored more points across those five sets (102-93), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 7-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Ursuline Academy came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins , and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Wolves 3-0.
Ursuline Academy's got stronger as the match went on, holding Mercy McAuley to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-18, 25-14.
St. Henry better focus on containing Madison Moine and Mackenzie Higgins as the pair were huge in Ursuline Academy's win. Moine had 15 digs, while Higgins had six digs and two assists.
St. Henry dropped their record down to 19-11 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Ursuline Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 14-6.
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