Roanoke Catholic won the last time they faced Fleming, and things went their way on Monday too. The Roanoke Catholic Celtics put the hurt on the Fleming Colonels with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Celtics.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Roanoke Catholic took every set by at least 13 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-12, 25-8, 25-8.
Roanoke Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Justinne Llavore led the charge by getting 15 digs, five kills, and four aces. With that strong performance, Llavore is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Floyd, who had ten digs and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Roanoke Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 17 aces in four consecutive matchups.
Roanoke Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-6 record this season. As for Fleming, their defeat was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6.
Roanoke Catholic will head out to take on Chatham Hall at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Fleming, they will welcome Northside at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fleming is facing Northside at the right time seeing as Northside is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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