It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Anthony had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the St. Francis Mariners 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Roman Legion also won the last time the pair played on October 3rd.
St. Anthony was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 15-10.
St. Anthony's victory bumped their record up to 11-7. As for St. Francis, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-18.
St. Anthony will square off against New Berlin Eisenhower at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. New Berlin Eisenhower is coming into the contest with five straight wins at home, so St. Anthony will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. St. Francis does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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