St. Mary's Dominican has been on the road for five straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Alexandria Trojans at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Mary's Dominican is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Vandebilt Catholic, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (St. Mary's Dominican was ranked sixth). St. Mary's Dominican sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Vandebilt Catholic on Saturday.
St. Mary's Dominican had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 28-26, 19-17.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Mary's Dominican to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lauren Pipitone, who had 18 digs. Pipitone is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Rachel Zamjahn, who had seven digs and 16 assists.
Meanwhile, Alexandria got the win against Port Barre last Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
St. Mary's Dominican's victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 31-8. As for Alexandria, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
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