The Burlington Demons's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Catholic Memorial Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Burlington made easy work of Racine Case and carried off a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was Burlington's feisty defense: they held Racine Case to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Catholic Memorial faced Arrowhead in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Catholic Memorial won by a set and slipped past Arrowhead 3-2.
Catholic Memorial took Arrowhead into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 22-25, 15-11.
Catholic Memorial relied on the efforts of Ellen Mowbray, who had 16 digs and two aces, and Addison Fura, who had 24 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Mowbray has posted in her last eight matches.
Burlington is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-13 record this season. As for Catholic Memorial, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-9.
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