The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will take on the Nashville Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Althoff Catholic sitting on five straight wins and Nashville on 16.
Althoff Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They came out on top against Roxana by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Althoff Catholic was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-10.
Althoff Catholic got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Riley Fairbairn out in front who had nine digs.
Althoff Catholic couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.3% of their attack attempts. They are a perfect 3-0 when when their percentage is at least 0.4.
Meanwhile, Nashville was able to grind out a solid win over Murphysboro on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Nashville was: they took both sets by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12.
Althoff Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 21 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-11 record this season. As for Nashville, they pushed their record up to 31-3 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home.
Althoff Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Nashville in their previous meeting back in October of 2016, winning 2-0. Does Althoff Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nashville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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