After flying high against Bolivar-Richburg last Monday, Olean came back down to earth. The Olean Huskies came up short against the Southwestern Trojans on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Huskies haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
While Olean was not able to win a set, they sure kept things interesting: every set was decided by exactly two points. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 25-23, 25-23.
Despite the defeat, Olean saw an underclassman step up: Ari Finch had five digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Finch a new career-high.
Even though they lost, Olean was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 11 consecutive contests.
Olean's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-8. As for Southwestern, with the win, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-4-1.
Olean has already played their next matchup, a 1-0 defeat against Chautauqua Lake on the 12th. As for Southwestern, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Portville at 6:30 p.m. on October 21st. Portville is coming into the game with seven straight victories on the road, so Southwestern will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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