New Castle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Irvington Preparatory Academy. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against Irvington Preparatory Academy this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-0 last Saturday.
New Castle was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-19, 25-21.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Irvington Preparatory Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than John Curry, who had 22 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Curry has posted over his last five contests. The team also got some help courtesy of Jason Norton, who had four digs and one block.
New Castle's record is now 0-3. As for Irvington Preparatory Academy, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-9.
New Castle will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Traders Point Christian at 6:00 p.m. on the 30th. As for Irvington Preparatory Academy, they will square off against Indianapolis Washington at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
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