St. Paul Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to the Holy Cross Crusaders. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Falcons of the 3-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-13, 25-7.
Holy Cross was led to victory by Reese Mcgarrity and Lexi Hein. Mcgarrity had 26 assists, while Hein had four aces. The dominant performance gave Hein a new career-high in aces.
St. Paul Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Holy Cross, they pushed their record up to 12-5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons challenges Academy of Science and Innovation at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. They will roll in looking for their 13th straight win, something St. Paul Catholic surely won't give up without a fight. As for Holy Cross, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Woodland Regional on the 21st.
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