St. John XXIII had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the St. Agnes Academy Tigers. For the Lions, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 loss the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September.
St. John XXIII had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17.
Among those leading the charge was Caroline Suire, who had four digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: St. John XXIII was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive matchups.
St. John XXIII's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-14. As for St. Agnes Academy, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-8.
St. John XXIII will venture away from home to square off against Village at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for St. Agnes Academy, they will welcome Incarnate Word Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. St. Agnes Academy is facing Incarnate Word Academy at the right time seeing as Incarnate Word Academy is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.
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