It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Philip Simmons had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Manning Monarchs as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory was nothing new for the Iron Horses as they're now sitting on three straight.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Philip Simmons was: they took every set by at least 20 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-1, 25-3, 25-5.
Philip Simmons found their leader in sophomore Catherine Futch, who had 17 aces. The dominant performance gave Futch a new career-high in aces. Carson Mills was another key player, getting five aces.
Philip Simmons couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 65.4% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.3% earlier this season, but in their last ten games they've averaged 38.7%.
Philip Simmons has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 39-7-2 record this season. As for Manning, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-9.
As of now, neither Philip Simmons nor Manning have any future games scheduled.
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