St. Catherine and Collegiate are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2021, but not for long. The St. Catherine's Saints will take on the Collegiate Cougars at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Catherine's will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Last Friday, St. Catherine's beat St. Anne's-Belfield 3-1.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-13, 21-25, 25-18.
Zhenya Rance and Bailey Loving were among the main playmakers for St. Catherine's as the former had 16 digs and five aces and the latter had 14 digs and three aces. Loving has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last six times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Allie Adamson, who had three digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: St. Catherine's was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Collegiate had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Saints 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-23, 30-28.
St. Catherine's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. As for Collegiate, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
St. Catherine's took their victory against Collegiate when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does St. Catherine's have another victory up their sleeve, or will Collegiate turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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