On Tuesday, Notre Dame Academy faced Assumption in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Notre Dame Academy Pandas had just enough and edged the Assumption Rockets out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Pandas, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Notre Dame Academy was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (109-104), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 16-14.
When it comes to explaining why Assumption lost, don't look at Kristen Simon. Despite the final result, she had 37 digs. With that strong performance, Simon is now averaging an impressive 10.7 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Keiran, who had 13 digs.
Notre Dame Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-3 record this season. As for Assumption, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-8.
Notre Dame Academy will play host again on Wednesday to welcome Conner, where the match is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. As for Assumption, they will welcome DuPont Manual at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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