Valle Catholic Lady Warriors Earn 5th Straight Old Settlement Rivalry Win, Beating Ste. Genevieve Dragons in Straight Sets

(Ste. Genevieve, MO) The Valle Catholic Lady Warriors pick up a straight set win in the first edition of three possible Old Settlement Rivalry matchups with the Ste. Genevieve Dragons on Wednesday, 25-22, 25-8, 25-18.

The first set at Ste. Genevieve High School featured 7 total ties and 3 lead changes. The Dragons erased an early 4 point deficit with a brief 3 point run to draw within a point and maintained the Lady Warriors pace through 6 straight ties from 11-11 through 16-16.

Valle Catholic forced Ste. Gen’s Head Coach Carla Basler to call a timeout with a 3 point run of their own, and continued the offensive pressure to close the first game.

The Lady Warriors opened Set 2 to the tune of 3-0, then answered a two point spurt from the Dragons by rattling off 9 straight to lead 12-2. Valle Catholic would not lead by less than 9 points for the remainder of the second set.

Valle Head Coach, Nancy Fischer, says her team settled in after a back and forth first set.

The third set featured a single tie at 1-1 with the lone lead change coming at 2-1 when the Lady Warriors took over the advantage and wouldn’t trail after that point.

After the loss, Dragons Head Coach, Carla Basler, says a compound effect that started with bad passing led to the defeat.

Valle Catholic improves to 11-4-1 and begins MAAA Conference regular season play at Kingston tonight, while Ste. Genevieve falls to 4-9 and host Central tonight on KFMO.

Valle and Ste. Gen could meet again in either or both of the MAAA Conference Tournament and Class 3, District 2 Tournament.

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Other Volleyball scores from Wednesday:

Potosi def. Festus 27-25, 25-21, 25-15

Herculaneum def. St. Paul 28-26, 25-19, 25-15

South Iron def. Valley Caledonia 26-24, 25-20, 25-15


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Broadcast Schedule

Wednesday, April 30:
10:45a, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
4:00p, Base: Farmington @ Valle Catholic
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
8:00p, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 5: St. Louis @ Winnipeg
Thursday, May 1:
10:45a, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
4:00p, Base: Ste. Genevieve @ Valle Catholic
Friday, May 2:
4:00p, Base: Festus @ Farmington
6:20p, MLB: New York (N) @ St. Louis*
TBD, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 6: Winnipeg @ St. Louis
Saturday, May 3:
12:20p, MLB: New York (N) @ St. Louis*
Sunday, May 4:
12:20p, MLB: New York (N) @ St. Louis*
TBD, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 7: St. Louis @ Winnipeg
Monday, May 5:
5:50p, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Tuesday, May 6:
5:50p, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Wednesday, May 7:
11:20a, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Thursday, May 8:
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Friday, May 9:
4:50p, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Saturday, May 10:
2:10p, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Sunday, May 11:
11:40a, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
Monday, May 12:
4:50p, MLB: St. Louis @ Philadelphia*
Tuesday, May 13:
4:50p, MLB: St. Louis @ Philadelphia*
Wednesday, May 14:
11:10a, MLB: St. Louis @ Philadelphia*
Friday, May 16:
5:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Kansas City*
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