Mountain Home entered their game against Brookland on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Mountain Home Bombers fell just short of the Brookland Bearcats by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Bombers in their matchups with the Bearcats: they've now lost three in a row.
Mountain Home actually scored more points across those five sets (101-100), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 13-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-10.
Leading Brookland to victory were Macie Murray and Burkeley Brewer. Murray had 12 digs and three aces, while Brewer had 16 digs and two aces. Brewer has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last four times she's played.
Mountain Home's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Brookland, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 11-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mountain Home will challenge Searcy at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Brookland, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Trumann at 7:00 p.m.
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