Cardinal Spellman is 9-1 against Archbishop Williams since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Cardinal Spellman Cardinals will square off against the Archbishop Williams Bishops at 6:00 p.m. Cardinal Spellman is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Cardinal Spellman is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Norwell just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Clippers by a score of 3-2. While the Cardinals didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Cardinal Spellman wouldn't go down easily and took Norwell into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-14, 26-24, 23-25, 15-13.
The losing side was boosted by Emma Fisher, who had 14 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Cardinal Spellman was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 11 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Williams was able to grind out a solid win over Nantucket on Saturday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bishops.
The final score came out to 25-12, 19-25, 25-17, 25-15.
Cardinal Spellman's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-1. As for Archbishop Williams, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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