The St. Mary's Academy Wildcats will face off against the Gilpin County Eagles at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Gilpin County is hoping to do what Arrupe Jesuit couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to St. Mary's Academy's winning streak, which now stands at five games. St. Mary's Academy was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Arrupe Jesuit.
One reason for the win was St. Mary's Academy's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-20, 25-14.
St. Mary's Academy relied on the efforts of Al Hernandez, who had 13 digs, and Ellie White, who had five digs.
St. Mary's Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Arrupe Jesuit only served six.
Meanwhile, everything went Gilpin County's way against Estes Park on Wednesday as Gilpin County made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Gilpin County was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-8.
St. Mary's Academy pushed their record up to 12-7 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Gilpin County, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
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