It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Blue Valley West had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Olathe West Owls , sneaking past 2-1. The victory was nothing new for the Jaguars as they're now sitting on nine straight.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (67-63) Blue Valley West actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 13-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Peyton Kubik paced Blue Valley West's offense, picking up ten kills. Kubik got some help from
Sasha Cromer and her 24 assists.
Brookelyn Hatton controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Despite the loss, Olathe West still got an impressive performance from Ava Johnson, who had nine digs and two aces. That's the most aces Johnson has posted in her last ten contests.
Blue Valley West is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 37-4 record this season. As for Olathe West, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 33-6.
Blue Valley West wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 2-1 defeat against Mill Valley on the 2nd. Olathe West has also already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against Manhattan on the 2nd.
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