The St. John Lutheran Saints are on the road again on Tuesday to play the St. John Paul II Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. John Lutheran is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Meadowbrook Academy.
One reason for the win was St. John Lutheran's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-15, 25-13.
St. John Lutheran couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42.7% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 26.1% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 40.5%.
Meanwhile, St. John Paul II had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-22, 25-22.
St. John Lutheran is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for St. John Paul II, their victory bumped their record up to 9-15.
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