Springfield Catholic and Strafford are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish will be playing in front of their home fans against the Strafford Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Strafford took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Springfield Catholic, who comes in off a win.
Last Monday, Springfield Catholic got the win against Fatima by a conclusive 3-0.
Springfield Catholic walked away with the win (but they looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-10, 25-21.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Strafford's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Mountain Grove by a score of 3-2.
Strafford actually scored more points across those five sets (106-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 17-25, 19-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Even though they lost, Strafford 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 five aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Springfield Catholic's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-7. As for Strafford, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
Springfield Catholic beat Strafford 2-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Does Springfield Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Strafford turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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