Lexington Catholic hasn't had much luck against Paul Laurence Dunbar recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Lexington Catholic Knights will challenge the Paul Laurence Dunbar Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Lexington Catholic sitting on four straight victories and Paul Laurence Dunbar on five.
Lexington Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Lafayette, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Lexington Catholic was ranked ninth). Everything went Lexington Catholic's way against Lafayette on Tuesday as Lexington Catholic made off with a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Lexington Catholic's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-17, 25-16.
Among those leading the charge was Maddy Warner, who had five digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Paul Laurence Dunbar got the win against Tates Creek on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Lexington Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for Paul Laurence Dunbar, they pushed their record up to 24-8 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
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