On Saturday, Barr-Reeve faced Cathedral in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Barr-Reeve Vikings fell just short of the Cathedral Fighting Irish by a score of 3-2. The Vikings' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Barr-Reeve wouldn't go down easily and took Cathedral into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-12, 20-25, 19-25, 15-13.
Barr-Reeve lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Hallie Knepp, who had seven digs, a kill, and 27 assists. Knepp is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedy Huff, who had 21 digs.
Barr-Reeve's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-6. As for Cathedral, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 19-10.
Barr-Reeve has already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against West Vigo on the 15th. As for Cathedral, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Indianapolis Shortridge on the 17th.
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