It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Johns had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They skirted past the Shepherd Bluejays 3-2. The Redwings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bluejays, too.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day St. Johns got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 15-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-3.
Emersyn Sturgis was the offensive standout of the contest as she had seven aces. Those seven aces gave her a new career-high.
St. Johns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
St. Johns is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which somehow still isn't as good as their 30-9-2 record this season. As for Shepherd, the loss snapped their winning streak at seven games and leaves them with a 23-9-6 record.
As of now, neither St. Johns nor Shepherd have any future games scheduled.
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