Freeburg waltzed into their match on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Althoff Catholic Crusaders. This was payback for the Midgets, who suffered a 2-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (71-67) Freeburg actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-23, 25-23.
Olivia Isaacs went supernova for Freeburg, getting 29 digs.
Several Crusaders players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Riley Fairbairn, who had 13 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Katelyn Karban, who had 12 digs.
Freeburg is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Althoff Catholic, the defeat snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 18-10 record.
Freeburg didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory against East Alton-Wood River on the 10th. As for Althoff Catholic, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-0 win against Metro-East Lutheran on the 10th.
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