The Beatrice Orangemen are on the road again on Saturday to play the Norfolk Catholic Knights at 2:00 p.m.
On Thursday, Beatrice didn't have quite enough to beat Seward and fell 2-1. The Orangemen haven't had much luck with the Bluejays recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Beatrice sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-11, 21-25, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Norfolk Catholic had already won eight in a row and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 2-0.
While Norfolk Catholic won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-23.
Among those leading the charge was Reese Timmerman, who had 13 digs and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last seven games she's played.
Beatrice's loss dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Norfolk Catholic, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Beatrice skirted past Norfolk Catholic 2-1 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Beatrice repeat their success, or does Norfolk Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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