St. Catherine entered their tilt with St. Anne's-Belfield on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the St. Anne's-Belfield Saints. That result was just more of the same for these two, as St. Catherine's also won the last time the pair played back in November of 2023.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-13, 21-25, 25-18.
Leading St. Catherine's to victory were Zhenya Rance and Bailey Loving. Rance had 16 digs and five aces, while Loving had 14 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Rance a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Allie Adamson, who had three digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: St. Catherine's was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matches.
St. Catherine's pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for St. Anne's-Belfield, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-3.
St. Catherine's will venture away from home to square off against Collegiate at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2021, but likely not for long. As for St. Anne's-Belfield, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win vs. Hampton Christian Academy on the 14th.
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