The Notre Dame de Sion Storm's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Platte County Pirates at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Notre Dame de Sion can't be too worried about heading out to take on Platte County: they just beat Belton at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Notre Dame de Sion beat Belton on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (110-103) Notre Dame de Sion actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 21-25, 16-25, 25-23, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Platte County entered their tilt with Kearney on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bulldogs , sneaking past 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Platte County who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 9-25, 15-11.
Giavanna Derose was nothing short of spectacular: she had 26 digs and two aces.
Platte County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive games.
Notre Dame de Sion's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 15-9. As for Platte County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-11-1 record this season.
Notre Dame de Sion came up short against Platte County in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Notre Dame de Sion avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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