The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish will take on the St. Francis DeSales Stallions at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Vincent-St. Mary is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
St. Vincent-St. Mary is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Firestone, who was ranked 22nd at the time (St. Vincent-St. Mary was ranked 16th). The Fighting Irish came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
St. Vincent-St. Mary walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The final score came out to 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 25-15.
Meanwhile, St. Francis DeSales lost 3-0 to St. Charles on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Stallions in their meetings with the Cardinals: they've now lost five in a row.
While St. Francis DeSales was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into St. Charles' winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.
St. Vincent-St. Mary's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2. As for St. Francis DeSales, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
St. Vincent-St. Mary couldn't quite get it done against St. Francis DeSales in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as they fell 3-1. Can the Fighting Irish avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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