The St. Ursula Academy Bulldogs will square off against the Wadsworth Grizzlies at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with St. Ursula Academy sitting on seven straight victories and Wadsworth on 18.
St. Ursula Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Loveland by a score of 3-1.
St. Ursula Academy walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 20-25, 25-23, 25-16.
St. Ursula Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Maddie Cho led the charge by getting 14 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Penelope Bolinger, who had nine digs.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Wadsworth sidestepped Olmsted Falls for a 3-2 victory.
Wadsworth was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 22-25, 19-25, 25-17, 15-13.
Wadsworth's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Rowan Kelly, who hit 88.9% for 16 kills and 14 digs, three blocks, and three aces, and Emily Snyder, who had 13 digs. Kelly has been hot for a while, having also posted 16 or more assists the last 37 times she's played.
Wadsworth has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-2 record this season. As for St. Ursula Academy, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-4.
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