The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to challenge the Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, St. Vincent-St. Mary made easy work of Alliance and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Irish.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-13, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Villa Angela-St. Joseph beat Cuyahoga Heights 3-1 on Tuesday.
The final score came out to 25-8, 27-25, 23-25, 25-13.
Cecelia Oriani was the offensive standout of the match as she had 21 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
St. Vincent-St. Mary is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season. As for Villa Angela-St. Joseph, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
St. Vincent-St. Mary was able to grind out a solid victory over Villa Angela-St. Joseph when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Vincent-St. Mary since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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