The Ursuline Academy Lions will square off against the Bellbrook Golden Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ursuline Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Mount Notre Dame, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Ursuline Academy was ranked 14th). Ursuline Academy was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Mount Notre Dame on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Lions have posted since September 5th.
While Ursuline Academy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-20, 38-36, 25-16.
It was another big night for Addy Franz, who had 12 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Rainey Weidman, who had six digs and three aces.
Meanwhile, Bellbrook had already won six in a row and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Cougars 3-2.
Bellbrook took Edgewood into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-23, 25-13, 20-25, 15-12.
Ursuline Academy pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bellbrook, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Everything went Ursuline Academy's way against Bellbrook in their previous matchup back in October of 2022 as Ursuline Academy made off with a 3-0 win. Does Ursuline Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bellbrook turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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