Crusaders
| 10/30/25 @ Red Bud | 2-1 |
| 10/28/25 vs Chester | 2-0 |
| 10/22/25 @ Gibault Catholic | 2-0 |
| 10/21/25 vs Granite City | 2-0 |
| 10/20/25 vs Mt. Vernon | 2-0 |
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Althoff Catholic had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out the Red Bud Musketeers 2-1. The win was familiar territory for the Crusaders, who have now won five matchups in a row.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Althoff Catholic got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 22-25, 27-25.
Reece Distler paced Althoff Catholic's offense, picking up 21 kills. Distler got some help from Arista Bunn and her 45 assists.
Despite the loss, Red Bud still got an impressive performance from Maria Murry, who had 37 digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Devyn Liefer, who had 15 digs.
Althoff Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 23-12. As for Red Bud, with the loss, they broke their three-match winning streak and moved their record to 32-5.
Coming up, Althoff Catholic will square off against Nashville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Red Bud does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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