The Kearney Catholic Stars will stay at home for another game and welcome the Amherst Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Kearney Catholic got the win against Ord by a conclusive 3-0.
Kearney Catholic never let Ord on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-11, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Amherst had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past the Falcons 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Amherst who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 24-26, 25-6.
Amherst found their leader in underclassman Breckyn Layne Veskerna, who had 14 digs.
Amherst was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Kearney Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Amherst, their win bumped their record up to 17-5.
Everything went Kearney Catholic's way against Amherst in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Kearney Catholic made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Kearney Catholic repeat their success, or does Amherst have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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