After both having extra time off, the St. Xavier Tigers and the North Oldham Mustangs will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Xavier is coming into the match hot, having won their last nine games.
St. Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: DuPont Manual, who was ranked 14th at the time (St. Xavier was ranked first). The Tigers blew past the Crimsons 3-0 last Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-6, 25-12.
Brendan Edelen
| 03/27/25 vs DuPont Manual | 9 |
| 03/25/25 vs Central | 5 |
| 03/19/25 vs Eastern | 4 |
| 03/21/25 vs Lafayette | 3 |
| 03/20/25 vs DeSales | 1 |
St. Xavier's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Josh Walsh, who had 12 assists and three aces, and Brendan Edelen, who had nine digs and one assist. Those nine digs gave Edelen a new career-high. Briley Codey also deserves some recognition as he posted his first assist of the season.
They weren't the only good server: St. Xavier was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, North Oldham got the win against Eastern last Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The win got North Oldham back to even at 3-3. As for St. Xavier, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
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