On Wednesday, Catholic - N.I. faced E.D. White in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Catholic - N.I. Panthers took  a  3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the E.D. White Cardinals. The  defeat   continues a  trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now lost nine in a row.
 Catholic - N.I. started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-20,  25-19.
  Addisyn Derouen paced Catholic - N.I.'s offense, picking up nine kills. Derouen got some help from 
 Reese Molbert and her 31 assists. 
 Saniya Raheem controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
 Catholic - N.I.'s loss dropped their record down to 19-9. As for E.D. White, the  win was  the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-10.
 Catholic - N.I. didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next  matchup,  a  3-2  victory against Notre Dame on the 24th. E.D. White has also  already played their next match,  a  3-2  defeat against Lakeshore on the 24th.
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