If Canfield was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Hathaway Brown on Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cardinals fell 3-1 to the Berkshire Badgers on Saturday. While the Cardinals didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Badgers 25-11 in the first set.
Canfield actually scored more points across those four sets (88-86), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19.
Ashtyn Hanousek paced Canfield's offense, picking up 17 kills. Hanousek got some help from Vivian Biro and her 39 assists. Hanousek was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Berkshire to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ava Chuha, who had 15 assists and eight digs. That's the most digs Chuha has posted since back in September. Another player making a difference was Maddie Bower, who had 12 digs and two assists.
Canfield's defeat ended a nine-match streak of away wins and brought them to 18-3. As for Berkshire, the win (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 20-2.
Canfield and Berkshire should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. The Cardinals (ranked 64th) will meet East (ranked 721st) at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Berkshire will face off against Champion at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank advantage (77 vs. 655).
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