Volleyball Recap: St. Johns Takes a Loss

After flying high against Alchesay on Monday, St. Johns came back down to earth. The Redskins fell 3-1 to the Round Valley Elks on Wednesday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Elks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 back in September.

St. Johns was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Round Valley work for it, especially in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 27-25.

Round Valley can attribute much of their success to Kylar Penrod, who had 19 assists and ten digs. Penrod is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in each of the last three games she's played.

St. Johns' loss dropped their record down to 17-8. As for Round Valley, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 22-8.

St. Johns didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Miami on the 23rd. As for Round Valley, they will welcome Alchesay at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Elks are facing the Falcons at the right time seeing as the Falcons are stuck on a three-game losing streak.