With a playoff game on the line, St. Thomas Aquinas rose to the challenge on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the Gulf Breeze Dolphins out 3-2. The win was familiar territory for the Raiders who have now won 12 games in a row.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day St. Thomas Aquinas got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 16-14.
Malia Brooks was nothing short of spectacular: she had 18 digs and 25 assists. She is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last nine games she's played.
St. Thomas Aquinas kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in October.
Gulf Breeze's loss came despite strong showings from Sarah Frazee and Bella Ciolino. Frazee had 35 digs, while Ciolino had 14 digs.
St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hitting percentage: their hitting percentage was 32.1% in those games and 26.1% outside of them. As for Gulf Breeze, the defeat snapped their winning streak at 14 games and leaves them with a 30-2 record.
As of now, neither St. Thomas Aquinas nor Gulf Breeze have any future games scheduled.
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