The St. Andrew's Highlanders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the St. Stephen's Episcopal Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
St. Andrew's is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (St. Andrew's was ranked eighth). St. Andrew's fell just short of San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.
St. Andrew's took San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-18, 22-25, 12-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, St. Stephen's Episcopal entered their tilt with Trinity Valley on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They won by a set and slipped past the Trojans 3-2.
St. Stephen's Episcopal was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-27, 23-25, 27-25, 15-9.
St. Stephen's Episcopal was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive games.
St. Andrew's dropped their record down to 8-5 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for St. Stephen's Episcopal, their record now sits at 7-3.
St. Andrew's suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to St. Stephen's Episcopal in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can St. Andrew's avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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