Volleyball Recap: Concordia Academy Takes a Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Concordia Academy can now relate to. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders on Saturday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Crusaders this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 on October 9th.

The 3-1 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by two points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-23.

Ella Bohren paced Concordia Academy's offense, picking up 25 kills. Bohren got some help from Piper Sutherland and her 23 assists. Bohren was also solid from the service line: she led the team with five aces.

St. Croix Lutheran was led to victory by Elza Olson and Ellen Dobashi Nunes. Olson had 17 assists and 11 digs, while Dobashi Nunes had 20 digs and eight assists. Those 11 digs gave Olson a new career-high.

Concordia Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 12-14-2. As for St. Croix Lutheran, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.

Concordia Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. Croix Lutheran, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-1 win against St. Croix Prep on the 28th.