The Appleton North Lightning will take on the Catholic Memorial Crusaders in a tournament on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Appleton North has struggled recently with nine losses in a row, while Catholic Memorial will arrive with four straight wins.
Appleton North lost 3-0 to Hortonville on Thursday.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-23, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Catholic Memorial narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Oak Creek 3-2.
Catholic Memorial had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 22-25, 25-12, 25-13, 15-13.
Appleton North's defeat dropped their record down to 1-19. As for Catholic Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 13-10.
Appleton North couldn't quite get it done against Catholic Memorial in their previous meeting on Saturday as they fell 2-0. Can the Lightning avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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