The Nichols Vikings are taking a road trip to face off against the Sacred Heart Academy Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sacred Heart Academy took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Nichols, who comes in off a win.
Nichols was handed a three-set loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Mount Mercy Academy, sneaking past 3-2. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Magic recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Nichols had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-23, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Kellenberg Memorial on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Sacred Heart Academy wouldn't go down easily and took Kellenberg Memorial into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 21-25, 20-25, 25-19, 15-13.
Sacred Heart Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Nichols, they picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 3-5.
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