Saint Thomas Aquinas is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Harrisburg. The Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints fell just short of the Harrisburg Tigers by a score of 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Saint Thomas Aquinas sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-23, 19-25, 25-21.
Saint Thomas Aquinas lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Emma Nash, who had 12 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Nash has posted in her last nine matchups. Gabi Poeschl was another key player, getting 12 digs.
Harrisburg can attribute much of their success to Maggie Meister, who had 25 digs and a kill. Meister is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 26 games she's played dating back to last season.
Saint Thomas Aquinas' defeat dropped their record down to 27-5. As for Harrisburg, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 17-0.
Saint Thomas Aquinas will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Olathe Northwest at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Harrisburg, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Aberdeen Central at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Aberdeen Central has won five straight at home, while Harrisburg won 17 straight on the road dating back to last season), something that'll have to change.
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