For girls, in the NVL, it is the biggest regular-season game we’ve got.
Tonight, Holy Cross plays at St. Paul Catholic in the only regular-season meeting between the NVL’s last unbeaten teams.
The Cross-Falcons rivalry is superb:
- St. Paul knocked off the Crusaders in the 2017 NVL hoop title game.
- Holy Cross defeated St. Paul in the Class S softball final last June.
- St. Paul beat the Crusaders in the NVL soccer final last fall.
Put all that together, put the Crusaders and Falcons in The Nest, and you’ve got a recipe for awesomeness.
Both teams are 9-1 overall on the season with the lone losses to non-NVL teams.
St. Paul lost to Fairfield-Warde, 50-31; Holy Cross lost to Mercy, 61-23.
Scoring stats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | |||
| Player | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| Aiyana Ward | 10 | 143 | 14.3 |
| Meah Austin | 10 | 136 | 13.6 |
| Julia Mecca | 10 | 65 | 6.5 |
| Hannah Brown | 10 | 60 | 6.0 |
| Allie Brown | 10 | 34 | 3.4 |
| JaLin Waters | 10 | 28 | 2.8 |
| Jenna Mowad | 9 | 22 | 2.4 |
| Ashley Davis | 9 | 22 | 2.4 |
| Jasmine Thorpe | 10 | 14 | 1.4 |
| Lizzy Diorio | 10 | 11 | 1.1 |
| St. Paul | |||
| Player | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| Janessa Gonzalez | 10 | 196 | 19.6 |
| Jade Udoh | 7 | 66 | 9.4 |
| Morgan Kolb | 10 | 66 | 6.6 |
| Taylor Crawford | 10 | 51 | 5.1 |
| Emma Cretella | 9 | 34 | 3.8 |
| Molly Hooks | 10 | 37 | 3.7 |
| Aidrianna Lopez | 10 | 33 | 3.3 |
| Olivia Stump | 7 | 15 | 2.1 |