Ursuline Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of St. Henry. The Ursuline Academy Lions skirted past the St. Henry Crusaders 3-2. For the Lions, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 loss the Crusaders walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2023.
Ursuline Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-107), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 20-18.
It was another big night for Addy Franz, who had ten digs, two aces, and a kill. She is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 25 or more in the last 12 games she's played. Rainey Weidman was another key player, getting 12 digs.
Ursuline Academy 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 seven aces in four consecutive contests.
Ursuline Academy has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for St. Henry, their defeat ended a 17-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 27-4.
Ursuline Academy will head out to face off against Notre Dame Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Notre Dame Academy will roll in looking for their 16th straight win, something Ursuline Academy surely won't give up without a fight. As for St. Henry, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Dixie Heights at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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