If Big Walnut was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Westland on Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Golden Eagles took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bloom-Carroll Bulldogs on Saturday. The Golden Eagles haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
While Big Walnut ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 19 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 17-25, 25-23, 25-19.
Big Walnut lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Peyton Gordon, who had 13 digs and five assists. Another player making a difference was Audrey Coulson, who had 39 assists and 18 digs.
Sienna Hogue had a dynamite game For Bloom-Carroll., getting 25 digs and four assists. That's the most digs Hogue has posted over her last six matchups.
Big Walnut's loss dropped their record down to 16-6. As for Bloom-Carroll, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 21-1.
Big Walnut will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Marion Harding at 6:00 p.m. on the 22nd. Bloom-Carroll does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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