Peninsula Catholic has gone 9-1 against Steward recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Peninsula Catholic Knights and the Steward Spartans are set to duel. Peninsula Catholic will be strutting in after a win while Steward will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, Peninsula Catholic earned a 3-1 victory over Norfolk Collegiate. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-11, 24-26, 25-12.
Peninsula Catholic found their leader in underclassman Klare Bialkowski, who had seven aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Bialkowski a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Gracie Simmons, who had eight digs and three aces.
Peninsula Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 15 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Steward came up short against Norfolk Christian on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
Steward actually scored more points across those four sets (89-86), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 11-25, 25-23.
Peninsula Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Steward, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season.
Peninsula Catholic took their win against Steward when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Peninsula Catholic repeat their success, or does Steward have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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