The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders and the D.H. Conley Vikings are set to duel on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Cardinal Gibbons sitting on 20 straight wins and D.H. Conley on eight.
Cardinal Gibbons is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Chapel Hill with a sharp 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Cardinal Gibbons' just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-11, 25-7.
Emilie Barrangou and Alina Ryan were among the main playmakers for Cardinal Gibbons as the former had 13 digs and three aces and the latter had 12 digs. Ryan has been hot , having posted 12 or more digs the last six times she's played.
Cardinal Gibbons couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 54.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in September.
Meanwhile, D.H. Conley faced Green Level in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. D.H. Conley walked away with a 3-1 win over Green Level.
D.H. Conley 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 17-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-22.
Cardinal Gibbons' victory was their 11th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-0. As for D.H. Conley, their record is now 27-1.
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