St. Pius X Catholic had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Druid Hills Red Devils. The Golden Lions have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Red Devils, too.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day St. Pius X Catholic got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 24-26, 15-12.
Druid Hills' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kassidy Manning, who had eight digs, three kills, two aces, and a block, and Larkin Shannon, who had 12 digs and two aces. Manning is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
St. Pius X Catholic's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-19. As for Druid Hills, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 26-15.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Dunwoody the next time they take the court. Druid Hills will head out to face Dunwoody at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while St. Pius X Catholic will play them later in the day, at 5:30 p.m.
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