On Saturday, Penn faced Cathedral in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Penn Kingsmen fell just short of the Cathedral Fighting Irish by a score of 2-1. The Kingsmen's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Penn started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 15-9.
Leading Cathedral to victory were Annabelle Hoban and Mia Stubbs. Hoban had nine digs, while Stubbs had.
Penn's loss dropped their record down to 15-5. As for Cathedral, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season.
Penn didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory vs. New Albany on the 28th. Cathedral has also already played their next match, a 2-0 win against New Castle on the 28th.
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