Freeburg is 1-6 against Mater Dei since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Freeburg Midgets are on the road again to play the Mater Dei Knights at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Thursday, Freeburg sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Breese Central.
Freeburg was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (68-65), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-22, 25-21.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Mater Dei sidestepped Breese Central for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Mater Dei had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 28-26, 25-17.
Mater Dei got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Addie Lampe out in front who had 13 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Kuhl, who had 11 digs.
Freeburg's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-7. As for Mater Dei, their win bumped their record up to 15-1.
Freeburg came up short against Mater Dei when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Freeburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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