With a playoff game on the line, Pius XI Catholic rose to the challenge on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Messmer Bishops as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Popes.
Pius XI Catholic's got stronger as the match went on, holding Messmer to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-6, 25-4.
Pius XI Catholic's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Karina Contreras, who had nine aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Contreras a new career-high in aces. Another player making a difference was Hope Martens, who had three digs, three aces, and two kills.
Pius XI Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-18 record this season. As for Messmer, they are on a 29-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-14.
As of now, neither Pius XI Catholic nor Messmer have any future games scheduled.
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