The St. Thomas More Sabers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints at 6:00 p.m.
St. Thomas More is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Maroa-Forsyth 2-1.
St. Thomas More had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-23, 25-16.
St. Thomas More found their leader in freshman Alexis Hege, who had 17 digs. Those 17 digs set a new season-high mark for Hege.
Meanwhile, Bloomington Central Catholic came tearing into Tuesday's match with 15 straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Tigers.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bloomington Central Catholic was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13.
Bloomington Central Catholic got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Aubrey Campbell out in front who had six digs and four aces. That's the most aces Campbell has posted in her last seven contests.
Bloomington Central Catholic couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.5% of their attack attempts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Westville only posted a hitting percentage of -2.2%.
Bloomington Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 23 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-4 record this season. As for St. Thomas More, their record is now 34-4.
St. Thomas More came up short against Bloomington Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in October, falling 2-0. Can St. Thomas More avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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