St. Paul Catholic and Holy Cross are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The St. Paul Catholic Falcons are on the road again on Friday to play the Holy Cross Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
St. Paul Catholic lost 3-0 to Naugatuck on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Falcons in their matchups with the Greyhounds: they've now lost four in a row.
While St. Paul Catholic ultimately came up short, they really made Naugatuck work, particularly in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 26-24, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross didn't have quite enough to beat Naugatuck on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Holy Cross took Naugatuck into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 17-25, 24-26, 25-11, 18-16.
Even though they lost, Holy Cross kept the net locked down and finished the game with 17 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since the start of last season.
St. Paul Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5-1.
St. Paul Catholic suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Holy Cross in their previous meeting back in September. Can St. Paul Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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