On Saturday, Cathedral faced Penn in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Cathedral Fighting Irish won by a set and slipped past the Penn Kingsmen 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Irish.
Cathedral had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-20, 15-9.
Leading Cathedral to victory were Annabelle Hoban and Mia Stubbs. Hoban had nine digs, while Stubbs had.
Cathedral's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-10. As for Penn, the loss snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 15-5 record.
Cathedral didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory vs. New Castle on the 28th. Penn has also already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against New Albany on the 28th.
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