Joliet Catholic sweeps Marian Catholic, wins Class 3A regional championship
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Joliet Catholic defeated Marian Catholic 25-14, 25-10 Thursday night to capture the Class 3A Joliet Catholic Regional championship and advance to sectionals.JCA (21-15) controlled much of the match, particularly in the second set, getting out to a 15-3 lead before coasting to its second two-set win in its own regional to start the postseason.“In the first set, we kind of talked about just feeling it out, just playing our game, and then seeing how they react to it,” first-year Angels coach Eric Tripp said. “They’re very good at adjusting to things, like Marian typically is. We knew we just have to play our game our way.”After taking the first set, Tripp emphasized the importance of taking away Marian Catholic’s (14-21) energy and preventing the Spartans from building momentum.“We knew we had to put pressure on and taking that energy out, as soon as possible,” Tripp said. “I thought we did a great job of that tonight.”JCA senior Ella Godeaux said the Angels’ execution at the net and from