The match started out 10-3 in game one in favor of the Falcons, who swept Bishop Ireton in three games earlier in Olney, but the gritty Cardinals refused to fold. The girls rallied in the opener for a 25-23 win, then fought back in games 4 and 5 to upset Good Counsel in Alexandria Friday.
“The girls played very well against a good team. We seemed to pick each other up in the course of the evening, they played together.” said Coach Kathy Gutmann.
After bouncing back to capture game one, the Falcons punished the home team 25-19, and 25-16 in games two and three. “It was an **** stretch for us there in the second and third games.” commented Gutmann.
But there was no quit in the Cardinals this day. They came back in game 4 to win convincingly 25-17, and the had all the momentum into the critical game five, winning 15-8.
The win pushes the Cardinals to 16-10 on the season, 7-6 in the WCAC, while Good Counsel falls to 7-8, 6-7 in league play. Next up for Bishop Ireton is a non conference contest at John Paul the Great on Tuesday before returning to league play when they host St Johns on Thursday.
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