Volleyball Recap: East Lake Falls Short of Sunlake in the Playoffs

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2024, 7:11pm

Volleyball Recap: East Lake Eagles vs. Sunlake Seahawks

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Lake can now relate to. They came up short against the Sunlake Seahawks on Thursday, falling 3-0. The shutout was out of character for the Eagles seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.

The final score came out to 25-18, 25-19, 25-15.

Leading Sunlake to victory were Alivia Martin and Sofia Sierra. Martin had 11 digs and two aces, while Sierra had ten digs, six kills, and 33 assists. What's more, Sierra also posted a 42.9% hitting percentage, which is the highestshe's posted since back in October of 2023.

East Lake moved to 16-6 with that defeat, which also ended their nine-game winning streak. As for Sunlake, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-8.

East Lake will head out to take on Sickles at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sunlake has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Steinbrenner on the 19th.

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