Volleyball Recap: Garaway Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

Garaway and Pleasant squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but Garaway had to settle for second. They came up short against the Pleasant Spartans, falling 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Pirates have suffered since August 27th.

Garaway was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Pleasant work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-13, 25-14.

Morgan Schlabach paced Garaway's offense, picking up 17 kills. Schlabach got some help from Charlee Yoder and her 24 assists. Yoder was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pleasant to victory, but perhaps none more so than Madi Pendleton, who had 17 digs.

With the defeat, Garaway broke their seven-game winning streak and moved their record to 22-5. As for Pleasant, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season.

Garaway does not have any more games scheduled as of now. After both having extra time off, Pleasant and Tinora will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Tinora sitting on 27 straight wins and Pleasant on five.

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