St. Mary Central Catholic hasn't had much luck against St. Joseph Central Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
St. Mary Central Catholic is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Danbury.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-10, 25-8.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph Central Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Hopewell-Loudon on Thursday and fell 3-2. While the Crimson Streaks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Chieftains 25-17 in the first set.
St. Joseph Central Catholic actually scored more points across those five sets (102-99), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 26-24, 25-16, 16-25, 15-12.
Even though they lost, St. Joseph Central Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive matchups.
St. Mary Central Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 1-20. As for St. Joseph Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 17-5.
St. Mary Central Catholic might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from St. Joseph Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in September. Can St. Mary Central Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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