Lourdes easily topped Falls City in two games Thursday, 25-9 and 25-21, but fell to a powerful Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca team, 25-6 and 25-17.

The Knight team, which beat S-D-A at last year’s triangular, came into the Thursday rematch with the Rockets hopeful in the prospects for another good result.

Lourdes had momentum having won a five-game clash with Falls City Sacred Heart on Tuesday.

It wasn’t so much the Knights’ inadequacies that caused Thursday’s loss.

The Rockets simply carried the day.

“I thought we could possibly get Syracuse out of system with our serving,” Coach Michelle Kreifels said. “They passed so well and were able to create a quick offense that just had us on our heels all night.”

The Knights were unable to get up a block against the Rockets, and S-D-A pounded kill after kill on the way to victory.

“They are a very good team in every aspect of the game,” Coach Kreifels said.

Stat leaders from the Falls City match were Kelsey Kreifels, 14 set assists and three service aces; Alyse Holmes, six kills, seven digs, and three service aces, and Katelyn Moyer, three service aces.

Stat leaders from the S-D-A match were Kreifels, 10 set assists; Holmes, three kills and seven digs; and Zoe Rickman, six kills.