The Notre Dame Bulldogs will square off against the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, Notre Dame got the win against Dexter by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Notre Dame's got stronger as the match went on, holding Dexter to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Saxony Lutheran had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Dons as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Saxony Lutheran was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-14, 25-14.
Notre Dame's victory was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-9-2. As for Saxony Lutheran, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-13-1 record this season.
Everything went Notre Dame's way against Saxony Lutheran in their previous meeting on October 10th, as Notre Dame made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Notre Dame since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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