St. Joseph faced Darien in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. The Cadets fell just short of the Blue Wave by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Cadets in their meetings with the Blue Wave: they've now lost eight in a row.
St. Joseph took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 18-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-7.
Darien was led to victory by Molly Maher and Cassie Arevalo. Maher had 12 digs and eight aces, while Arevalo had 12 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Arevalo has posted over her last six matchups.
St. Joseph now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Darien, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 6-2.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. St. Joseph will challenge rival Norwalk at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Darien is set to face off against their familiar foe Staples at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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