After flying high against Gateway Science Academy last Wednesday, Herculaneum came back down to earth. The Herculaneum Black Cats fell 3-1 to the Notre Dame Rebels on Thursday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Black Cats of the 3-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in October of 2021.
Herculaneum started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-21, 25-9, 25-20.
Herculaneum lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jojo Lawson, who had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces Lawson has posted in her last seven games.
Even though they lost, Herculaneum was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive matches.
Herculaneum's loss dropped their record down to 15-19-1. As for Notre Dame, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-11-1.
Herculaneum does not have any more games scheduled as of now. After both having extra time off, Notre Dame and Cardinal Ritter College Prep will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another on Thursday.
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