It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Johnson County Central can now relate to. They fell just short of the Yutan Chieftains by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Thunderbirds in their meetings with the Chieftains: they've now lost six in a row.
Ashley Beethe paced Johnson County Central's offense, picking up 37 kills. Beethe got some help from Riley Wellensiek and her 56 assists. Wellensiek was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Yutan had a senior duo take command as Allison Kirchmann had 17 digs and two assists and Kenzie Govier had 14 digs and two assists.
Having lost for the first time this season, Johnson County Central fell to 31-1. As for Yutan, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season.
Johnson County Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Yutan, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Freeman on the 7th.
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