St. Patrick-St. Vincent is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Freedom a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Monday. The St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins will host the Freedom Falcons at 6:30 p.m.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when St. Patrick-St. Vincent and Saint Mary's meet (two straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Bruins fell 3-1 to the Panthers. While the Bruins didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 25-15 in the first set.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 32-30, 25-22, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Freedom narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Pittsburg 3-2.
Freedom was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-18, 16-25, 25-23, 15-11.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent's loss dropped their record down to 10-21. As for Freedom, their win bumped their record up to 8-14.
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