Volleyball Recap: Abbi Cantwell's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Austin over Corydon Central

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 9:48am

Volleyball Recap: Austin Eagles vs. Corydon Central Panthers

If Austin was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Switzerland County last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Austin Eagles fell 3-1 to the Corydon Central Panthers on Thursday. The Eagles were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in September of 2023.

The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 25-23.

Austin lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Abbi Cantwell, who had 19 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Cantwell a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Khloe Watts, who had 29 digs.

Even though they lost, Austin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 15.

Austin's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Corydon Central, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-15.

Austin didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 defeat vs. Charlestown on the 23rd. Corydon Central has also already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against Scottsburg on the 23rd.

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