Herculaneum is 1-9 against St. Vincent since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Herculaneum Black Cats will venture away from home to challenge the St. Vincent Indians at 5:30 p.m. Herculaneum will be strutting in after a victory while St. Vincent will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Wednesday, Herculaneum made easy work of St. Paul Lutheran and carried off a 3-0 win.
Herculaneum walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-12, 25-18.
Among those leading the charge was Lilly Jenkins, who had 11 digs and three aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Herculaneum was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, St. Vincent didn't have quite enough to beat Ste. Genevieve on Monday and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, St. Vincent sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-22, 9-25, 25-20, 25-27, 15-13.
Herculaneum's win bumped their record up to 9-10-1. As for St. Vincent, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-7-4.
Herculaneum came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Vincent in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Herculaneum 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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