Volleyball Recap: Spring Mills Comes Up Short Despite Jayden Junkin's Strong Performance

By Team Reports Sep 13, 2024, 5:16am

Volleyball Recap: Spring Mills Cardinals vs. Musselman Applemen

Spring Mills lost against Musselman back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Spring Mills Cardinals fell 3-1 to the Musselman Applemen. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Spring Mills actually scored more points across those four sets (89-88), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 26-24, 12-25, 25-17.

When it comes to explaining why Spring Mills lost, don't look at Jayden Junkin. Despite the final result, she had 11 digs. Junkin is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last three games she's played.

Even though they lost, Spring Mills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.

Bianca Hutzler went supernova for Musselman, getting six digs and three aces.

Spring Mills now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for Musselman, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season.

Spring Mills will face off against Kellam at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Spring Mills is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road. As for Musselman, they will challenge Broadneck at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.

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