With a playoff game on the line, Cardinal Newman rose to the challenge on Saturday. They came out on top against the John Paul II Golden Warrriors by a score of 2-0. The Cardinals have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Golden Warrriors, too.
The win didn't come easy: John Paul II scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-16.
Cardinal Newman couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in September.
Cardinal Newman is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 32-9-2 record this season. As for John Paul II, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 22-6-1.
Cardinal Newman has already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Porter-Gaud on the 22nd. As for John Paul II, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 win against Hilton Head Christian Academy on the 19th.
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