The Nova Classical Academy Knights and the St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders are set to duel on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Nova Classical Academy beat Spring Lake Park 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Nova Classical Academy easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-10.
Meanwhile, St. Croix Lutheran waltzed into their game on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Bombers.
St. Croix Lutheran had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-17.
St. Croix Lutheran can attribute much of their success to Ellen Dobashi Nunes, who had 14 digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: St. Croix Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matches.
Nova Classical Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for St. Croix Lutheran, their victory was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-1-1.
Everything went Nova Classical Academy's way against St. Croix Lutheran when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as Nova Classical Academy made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nova Classical Academy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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