It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Flint Hill can now relate to. They fell just short of the Bishop O'Connell Knights by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. The Huskies were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Knights apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October.
Flint Hill took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-18, 15-6.
Isabelle Bardin paced Flint Hill's offense, picking up 24 kills. Bardin really made an impact as she also led the team in assists with 24.
Delaney Malloy controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bishop O'Connell to victory, but perhaps none more so than Avery Prendergast, who had five digs, three kills, and a block. Prendergast has been hot for a while, having also posted 14 or more assists the last 29 times she's played. Hannah Kotb was another key player, getting 17 digs and four aces.
Flint Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 21-6. As for Bishop O'Connell, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 28-4-2.
As of now, neither Flint Hill nor Bishop O'Connell have any future games scheduled.
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