After having lost a blowout in their previous game against West Seattle, Bishop Blanchet was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past the Eastside Catholic Crusaders 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bears also won the last time the pair played back in November of 2023.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Bishop Blanchet who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 22-25, 25-19, 20-25, 17-15.
Bishop Blanchet was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Despite the loss, Eastside Catholic still got an impressive performance from Leila Vierra, who had 20 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Vierra a new career-high in aces.
Bishop Blanchet's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-4. As for Eastside Catholic, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-5.
Bishop Blanchet has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Lakeside on the 8th. As for Eastside Catholic, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Holy Names Academy on the 8th.
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