Volleyball Recap: Wiregrass Ranch Bulls vs. Wharton Wildcats
With a playoff game on the line, Wiregrass Ranch rose to the challenge on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Wharton Wildcats 3-2. This was payback for the Bulls, who suffered a 3-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
Wiregrass Ranch was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 22-25, 13-25, 25-20, 15-7.
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Lauren Galfond, who had 12 digs and 31 assists. Galfond has been hot recently, having posted 18 or more assists the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Talbot, who had eight digs and three aces.
Wiregrass Ranch is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Wharton, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-7.
Wiregrass Ranch will face off against Bloomingdale at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Wharton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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