Volleyball Recap: Murray Falls Short of Uintah in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Murray can now relate to. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Uintah Utes on Thursday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Utes this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-1 back in August.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-20, 22-25, 25-16.

Ruby Fisher paced Murray's offense, picking up 12 kills. Fisher got some help from Alexis Lee and her 24 assists. Finally, Brinley Forsyth kept Murray's defense grounded, leading the team with nine blocks.

Leading Uintah to victory were Abbie Davis and Autumn Edwards. Davis had eight digs and two aces, while Edwards had 20 digs and two assists. That's the most aces Davis has posted since back in September.

Murray's defeat dropped their record down to 18-11. As for Uintah, the victory snapped their losing streak at five matches and leaves them with a 14-16 record.

Murray does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Uintah, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against Orem on the 27th.