After both having extra time off, the St. Pius X Lancers and the St. Francis Borgia Knights will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Pius X has six straight wins, St. Francis Borgia has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Wednesday, St. Pius X narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Nerinx Hall 3-2.
St. Pius X 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 22-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-14, 15-3.
Harper Gass had a dynamite game for St. Pius X, getting 18 digs.
St. Pius X was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They are a perfect 3-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, St. Francis Borgia and Howell met for a duel on Thursday where St. Francis Borgia couldn't get it done. St. Francis Borgia lost 3-0 to Howell.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Howell scored at least 19 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-21.
St. Pius X's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 26-2-1. As for St. Francis Borgia, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-15-2.
St. Pius X was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Francis Borgia in their previous matchup back in September of 2016, winning 2-0. Will St. Pius X repeat their success, or does St. Francis Borgia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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