It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Strasburg can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Resurrection Christian Cougars on Thursday. The Indians haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Strasburg started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-11.
Peighton Marrero paced Strasburg's offense, picking up 16 kills. Marrero got some help from
Maryann Weaver and her 12 assists. Marrero was also solid from the service line: she led the team with five aces.
Leading Resurrection Christian to victory were Jada Nordhagen and Blake Coors. Nordhagen had eight digs and five aces, while Coors had 16 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Nordhagen a new career-high in aces.
Strasburg moved to 16-10 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Resurrection Christian, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-4.
Strasburg has already played their next matchup, a 3-2 defeat against Sterling on the 15th. As for Resurrection Christian, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Platte Valley on the 14th.
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