The Althoff Catholic Crusaders are on the road again on Thursday to play the O'Fallon Panthers at 6:30 p.m.
Althoff Catholic and Mater Dei met for a duel on Tuesday where Althoff Catholic had to take the L. Althoff Catholic fell just short of Mater Dei by a score of 2-1. The Crusaders haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Althoff Catholic started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-21, 25-18.
Althoff Catholic's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Riley Fairbairn, who had nine digs, and Katelyn Karban, who had eight digs.
Meanwhile, O'Fallon waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top against the Flyers by a score of 2-0.
O'Fallon easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-16.
Althoff Catholic's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-11. As for O'Fallon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season.
Althoff Catholic beat O'Fallon 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Althoff Catholic since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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