FALCONS FLIGHT GROUNDED BY NDCL
By Ty Bartell
AKRON OH- In a Division 1, Region 1, Northeast 2 battle between #3 seeded Austintown-Fitch Falcons and #5 seeded Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (NDCL) Lions on the volleyball court, it set up a lot of intrigue with the two teams meeting prior in the regular season. These two would lock horns once again on Tuesday night to play for the right to move on to the District Championship!
Fitch entered the match sporting an 18-5 record, meanwhile NDCL had a very deceiving 11-11 clip. In their prior matchup in the season on August 29th, The Falcons would come from behind down two sets to one and win the match in a five set thriller!
Looking like they were going to set the tone once again on Tuesday night, Fitch would grab the opening set in a very competitive battle 25-23 to grab the advantage. The Lions were not taking that lying down, they roared back in set two, claiming it 25-18. Back to a barn burner in set three, both teams took it down to the wire, this time seeing NDCL grab the set win 26-24, grabbing a 2-1 advantage in sets and setting Fitch up in a similar situation earlier in the year. However, no comebacks were on The Lions minds as they secured the 25-22 set four win, taking the match 3-1 and advancing to the District Championship.
Another fun and exciting season of Falcons volleyball, we here at YSN wish the best of luck to the three Fitch seniors Afton Roby, Jordan Smith and Payton Binion in all your future goals! It has been our honor to cover all of your careers! Keep updated with all your Austintown-Fitch athletics stats, scores, stories and more on YSN!
