St. John is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of The Academy of the Holy Cross. The Cadets fell just short of the Tartans by a score of 3-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Tartans this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in September.
St. John's actually scored more points across those five sets (107-106), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-11.
Their offense was headlined by Cairo Turner and Morgan Reeves, who picked up 18 kills apiece. They got some help from Wynn Eaton and her 45 assists. Layla Tamiz controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
St. John's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 15-9. As for The Academy of the Holy Cross, the win keeps them at an undefeated 26-0-1.
Coming up, St. John's will square off against Bishop McNamara at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Academy of the Holy Cross does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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