The Ursuline Academy Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Nolan Catholic Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Ursuline Academy ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They snuck past Bishop Lynch with a 64-58 victory. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Ursuline Academy had a senior duo take command as Madelyne Davis scored 18 points along with five assists and five rebounds and Izzy Schroeder scored 20 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Schroeder has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Lucy Devlin, who scored eight points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Nolan Catholic beat Parish Episcopal 47-42 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Nolan Catholic.
Ursuline Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Nolan Catholic, they now have a winning record of 15-14.
Ursuline Academy strolled past Nolan Catholic in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a score of 49-33. Does Ursuline Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nolan Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
