With a playoff game on the line, Falls Lake rose to the challenge on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Vance Charter Knights as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Firebirds who have now won 11 contests in a row.
While Falls Lake won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-16, 25-23.
Falls Lake was led to victory by Kate DeZurik and Maggie Penn. DeZurik had 22 digs, while Penn had 17 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Penn has posted since back in September.
Falls Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vance Charter only served three.
Despite the loss, Vance Charter still got an impressive performance from Katherine Suther, who had nine digs and three aces. Suther is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Falls Lake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-2 record this season. As for Vance Charter, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 16-5 record.
Falls Lake will play host again on Saturday to welcome North Moore, where the match is scheduled at 2:00 p.m. North Moore is coming into the match with seven straight wins on the road, so Falls Lake will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Vance Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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