Notre Dame Academy came into their game on Thursday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Kimberly Papermakers, falling 3-0. The Tritons haven't had much luck with the Papermakers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Notre Dame Academy was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-23, 25-17.
Kimberly was led to victory by Ian Van Hammond and Will Vander Loop. Van Hammond had eight digs, while Vander Loop had five digs and two aces. Those five digs gave Vander Loop a new career-high.
Notre Dame Academy's loss dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Kimberly, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3.
Looking ahead, Notre Dame Academy will head out to challenge Fond du Lac at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Kimberly, they will take on Nicolet at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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