The Providence-St. Mel Knights will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Westmont Sentinels at 6:00 p.m. Providence-St. Mel is out to stop a nine-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, Providence-St. Mel didn't have quite enough to beat Christ the King and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Providence-St. Mel sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 26-24, 23-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Westmont was able to grind out a solid win over Holy Trinity on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sentinels.
Westmont easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-12.
Westmont was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive contests.
Providence-St. Mel's loss dropped their record down to 2-6-1. As for Westmont, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season.
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