The Aragon Dons will head out to square off against the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Aragon will be strutting in after a win while St. Ignatius College Preparatory will be coming in after a defeat.
Aragon proved they can win big on Friday (they won by three) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Mills 3-2. The Dons haven't had any issues with the Vikings recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Aragon took Mills into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-15, 25-15, 22-25, 16-14.
Meanwhile, St. Ignatius College Preparatory was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They fell 3-1 to Lincoln.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Lincoln scored at least 19 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-22, 25-27, 25-23.
Aragon's victory bumped their record up to 13-15. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 6-20.
Aragon was able to grind out a solid win over St. Ignatius College Preparatory when the teams last played back in March, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Dons 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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