Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot and Southampton Academy met for a duel on Thursday where Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot had to take the L. The Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot Knights fell just short of the Southampton Academy Raiders by a score of 3-2. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Knights of the 3-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture on October 1st.
Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot wouldn't go down easily and took Southampton Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-15, 25-10, 23-25, 15-12.
Even though they lost, Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive matchups.
Leading Southampton Academy to victory were Audrey Sawyer and Ali Turner. Sawyer had eight digs and four aces, while Turner had eight aces, a kill, and 23 assists. That's the most aces Turner has posted in her last eight games.
Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot's defeat dropped their record down to 8-11. As for Southampton Academy, their record is now 16-10-2.
While Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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