Freedom hadn't done well against Luxemburg-Casco recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Freedom Irish narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans 3-2. This was payback for the Irish, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Freedom was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Leading Freedom to victory were Lauren Cropsey and Keira Griesbach. Cropsey had 20 digs, while Griesbach had nine digs and three aces. With that strong performance, Cropsey is now averaging an impressive 10.4 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooke Sowinski, who had ten digs.
Freedom pushed their record up to 13-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Luxemburg-Casco, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-7.
Freedom will challenge Omro at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Luxemburg-Casco, they are taking a road trip to face off against Fox Valley Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Fox Valley Lutheran will roll in looking for their 15th straight victory, something Luxemburg-Casco surely won't give up without a fight.
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