Roanoke Catholic has gone 10-0 against Fleming recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Roanoke Catholic Celtics will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fleming Colonels at 7:00 p.m. Roanoke Catholic will be strutting in after a win while Fleming will be coming in after a defeat.
Roanoke Catholic took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Staunton River.
Roanoke Catholic took Staunton River into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 24-26, 16-25, 28-26, 15-11.
Roanoke Catholic got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Justinne Llavore out in front who had 15 digs, 13 kills, and two aces. Llavore is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had six or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Cat Patterson, who had nine kills, seven digs, and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Roanoke Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 17 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Fleming was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Martinsville by a score of 3-2.
Roanoke Catholic's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6. As for Fleming, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything went Roanoke Catholic's way against Fleming in their previous matchup on Monday as Roanoke Catholic made off with a 3-0 win. Does Roanoke Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fleming turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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