It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Batesville can now relate to. They lost 3-0 to the Jennings County Panthers on Saturday. Considering the last time the Bulldogs couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Batesville was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 25-19, 25-16.
Despite the loss, Batesville still got an impressive performance from Ava Walsman, who had seven digs and two aces.
Leading Jennings County to victory were Mallory Manowitz and Lydia Martin. Manowitz had seven digs and two aces, while Martin had four digs. That's the most aces Manowitz has posted in her last seven contests.
With the loss, Batesville broke their seven-game winning streak and moved their record to 27-5. As for Jennings County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-8 record this season.
Batesville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Jennings County, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers takes on Jasper at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
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