St. Pius X is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while St. Michael is on a ten-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Pius X Sartans will host the St. Michael's Horsemen at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Pius X is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Hope Christian, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (St. Pius X was ranked third). St. Pius X had just enough and edged Hope Christian out 3-2 on Tuesday.
St. Pius X 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 23-25, 25-9, 16-25, 25-23, 15-7.
Meanwhile, everything went St. Michael's way against Capital on Thursday as St. Michael's made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: St. Michael's took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-13, 25-13.
St. Pius X's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for St. Michael's, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
St. Pius X was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Michael's in their previous meeting last Friday, winning 3-1. Will St. Pius X repeat their success, or does St. Michael's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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