The Dominican Knights and the St. Joseph Lancers are set to duel on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Dominican will head out to face St. Joseph after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Dominican fell just short of Racine Lutheran by a score of 3-2. The Knights have struggled against the Crusaders recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Dominican wouldn't go down easily and took Racine Lutheran into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-14, 16-25, 17-25, 19-17.
Despite the loss, Dominican got top-tier performance from Gabby Johnson, who had 25 digs.
Even though they lost, Dominican was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph suffered their biggest defeat since September 5th two weeks ago. They lost 3-0 to Racine Lutheran. The Lancers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 27-25, 27-25.
Dominican's loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-7. As for St. Joseph, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
Dominican was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Joseph in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Dominican since the squad 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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