After starting their season with 15 straight games on the road, St. Joseph is finally coming home. They will welcome The Prairie School Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, St. Joseph finally turned things around against Catholic Central on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Hilltoppers with a sharp 3-0 victory. The match marked the Lancers' most dominant win of the season.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-17, 25-19.
Meanwhile, The Prairie School entered their tilt with University School of Milwaukee on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Wildcats , sneaking past 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was The Prairie School who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 27-25, 23-25, 25-15, 22-25, 16-14.
The Prairie School's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Addie Zaleski led the charge by getting 14 kills. The team also got some help courtesy of Winter Schienke, who had 11 kills.
St. Joseph's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-10. As for The Prairie School, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season.
St. Joseph came out on top in a nail-biter against The Prairie School when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will St. Joseph repeat their success, or does The Prairie School have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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