The St. John XXIII Lions will take on the Village Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Village took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on St. John XXIII, who comes in off a win.
St. John XXIII will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating St. Agnes Academy, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. St. John XXIII walked away with a 3-1 victory over St. Agnes Academy on Tuesday. The win was nothing new for the Lions as they're now sitting on three straight.
St. John XXIII had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17.
St. John XXIII can attribute much of their success to Caroline Suire, who had four digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: St. John XXIII was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Village and Concordia Lutheran met for a duel on Tuesday where Village had to take the L. Village came up short against Concordia Lutheran, falling 3-0. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-5, 25-13.
St. John XXIII has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 21-14 record this season. As for Village, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
St. John XXIII beat Village 3-1 when the teams last played on October 1st. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. John XXIII since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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