Franciscan 0, Thiel 3

Franciscan Starters 
Ava King, Grace Wallace, Mary Jean Cadman, Sarah Clyde, Tessa Miller, Kaitlan Hickey & libero - Sara Moore 

How It Happened 
Franciscan and Thiel both entered today's matchup with 1-2 records in conference play. Winner of this game would have the head to head tiebreaker when it gets time to make the six-team PAC Championship Tournament at the end of the season. The Tomcats proved it on the court today, as they edged out a close victory in this one.

Cadman would have a pair of kills early in set number one, as the Barons took a three point edge at 7-4 after a Mary Smart ace. That would be the largest lead by either team in this close-fought contest until Thiel would be up 19-16. The Barons tied it up with a 3-0 run that included a kill from Angela Sweeney. On Grace Wallace's serve the Barons reclaimed the lead and had a 23-20 lead. 

The second set was very back and forth as well. The Tomcats were the first to 15 at 15-14. The Tomcats took the largest lead of this set at 21-17, but the Barons would answer with three straight points, including an ace from Kaitlan Hickey. Franciscan stayed within one up until 23-22, but then Thiel scored two straight to close out the set. 

Thiel took charge of the third set with an early five point lead and maintained it at 15-10. The Tomcats expanded that lead up to eight points at 22-14 and did not look back to close out this set and match with a 25-19 set score.
 
Inside the Numbers 
- Cadman and Disselkamp each had 10 kills.
- Disselkamp held a .292 attack percentage.
- Moore had 29 dig and no reception errors in another strong performance.
- Janness had 19 kills for the Tomcats.

Up Next
Franciscan returns home for Senior Day this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. against Bethany. Seven players will be honored pregame with those festivities beginning at 12:40 p.m. On the court, the Barons will take on the Bison for the third time this season, but this one will count as a conference contest. Franciscan has came out on top in each of the previous two meetings this season and look to do the same on Saturday against the reigning PAC Champions.

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