Cardinal Gibbons advances to the 3rd round with tight sweep over Apex Friendship Tags: By Joel Bryant, HighSchoolOT reporter The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders managed to sweep the Apex Friendship Patriots in what was a highly competitive second round matchup. Apex Friendship entered the matchup 14-0 and Gibbons was 13-0. Gibbons won the three sets by a combined eight points. It was clear that the teams were evenly matched from the beginning. Gibbons and Friendship traded blows early, with neither team gaining a greater than 2-point advantage through the first 40% of the opening set. Gibbons went on a run to take a 16-11 lead and force an Apex Friendship timeout. Apex Friendship came out of the break strongly and eventually took a 23-22 lead. Friendship reached a 24-23 advantage but wasn't able to find the final point to take the set. Gibbons ended on a 3-0 run to take the opening set 26-24.