Volleyball Recap: Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks vs. Eastmark Firebirds
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Desert Sunrise can now relate to. They came up short against the Eastmark Firebirds on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Golden Hawks' loss signaled the end of their 11-game winning streak.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-14, 25-17.
Kaitlyn Kientzler paced Desert Sunrise's offense, picking up seven kills. Kientzler got some help from
Jaeda Dansby and her 17 assists. Finally,
Jasell Holbert and
Keira Thomas kept the team grounded on defense, each having blocked two attacks.
Desert Sunrise's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-8. As for Eastmark, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season.
Desert Sunrise does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Eastmark, they will head out to square off against Thunderbird at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Thunderbird sitting on 16 straight victories and Eastmark on eight.
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