The Girard Yellowjackets are on the road again on Thursday to play the Cathedral Prep Ramblers at 7:15 p.m.
Last Thursday, Girard didn't have quite enough to beat Northwestern and fell 3-2.
Girard took Northwestern into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking six-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 23-25, 22-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Cathedral Prep had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Lakers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Cathedral Prep was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-8, 25-14.
Olivia Hutchinson and Kamryn Resurreccion were among the main playmakers for Cathedral Prep as the former had 14 kills, four digs, two aces, and a block and the latter had three digs and two aces. Hutchinson is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Mackenzie Moore, who had ten digs and a kill.
Girard dropped their record down to 0-10 with the defeat, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Cathedral Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 11-9-1.
Girard came up short against Cathedral Prep in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Girard avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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