The Mater Dei Knights will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints at 1:55 p.m.
Mater Dei is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against El Paso-Gridley by a score of 2-0.
Mater Dei not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept El Paso-Gridley between 16 and 17 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Bloomington Central Catholic faced Timothy Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Bloomington Central Catholic walked away with a 2-0 win over Timothy Christian. Winning may never get old, but the Saints sure are getting used to it with their 19th in a row.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-16.
Bloomington Central Catholic can attribute much of their success to Makayla Wieduwilt, who had seven digs and two aces, and Josie Certa, who had. That's the most aces Wieduwilt has posted since back in October.
Mater Dei's record now sits at 37-3. As for Bloomington Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 24 of their last 26 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 35-4 record this season.
Mater Dei came up short against Bloomington Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in October of 2016, falling 2-0. Can Mater Dei avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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