National Cathedral is ranked highly in their home state and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Flint Hill. National Cathedral came up short against the Flint Hill Huskies, falling 3-0. National Cathedral has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
National Cathedral was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-22, 25-18.
Even though they lost, National Cathedral was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 11 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
National Cathedral now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Flint Hill, they pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. National Cathedral will challenge Georgetown Day at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Georgetown Day will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something National Cathedral surely won't give up without a fight. As for Flint Hill, they are taking a road trip to square off against St. John's at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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