Guerin Catholic faced Roncalli in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Golden Eagles fell just short of the Royals by a score of 3-2. The Golden Eagles haven't had much luck with the Royals recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Guerin Catholic took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-14, 16-25, 17-25, 25-11, 15-9.
Emery Cardinal paced Guerin Catholic's offense, picking up 14 kills. Cardinal got some help from Claire Ducey and her 45 assists. Grace Trentadue-Johnson controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Reagan Turk went supernova For Roncalli., getting 21 digs and four assists. That's the most digs Turk has posted over her last seven matchups.
Guerin Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 8-2. As for Roncalli, their win was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Coming up, Guerin Catholic will venture away from home to face off against Westfield at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Roncalli, they will be taking part in a tournament against Silver Creek at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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