The Nolan Catholic Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Parish Episcopal Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nolan Catholic has five straight wins, Parish Episcopal has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Nolan Catholic proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Liberty Christian 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Vikings have posted since September 2nd.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Nolan Catholic got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-9, 20-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-10.
Nolan Catholic found their leader in sophomore Caitlin Carrizales, who had 17 digs and six assists.
Nolan Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2024.
Meanwhile, Parish Episcopal came up short against Trinity Christian on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-9, 25-15.
Nolan Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 20-10. As for Parish Episcopal, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-12-1.
Nolan Catholic took their win against Parish Episcopal in their previous matchup last Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vikings since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
