On Wednesday, School Without Walls faced Sidwell Friends in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The School Without Walls Penguins fell just short of the Sidwell Friends Quakers by a score of 3-2. The Penguins haven't had much luck with the Quakers recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, School Without Walls sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-11, 16-25, 25-15, 17-25, 15-9.
When it comes to explaining why School Without Walls lost, don't look at Elle Ericsson-White. Despite the final result, she had ten digs.
Even though they lost, School Without Walls was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in three consecutive contests.
Leading Sidwell Friends to victory were Isabela Alves and Marli Dubroy. Alves had nine digs, three blocks, and three aces, while Dubroy had four blocks and a kill.
School Without Walls' defeat dropped their record down to 17-4-1. As for Sidwell Friends, they pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
School Without Walls wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Roosevelt on the 10th. As for Sidwell Friends, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against DC International at 7:00 p.m. DC International will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Sidwell Friends surely won't give up without a fight.
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