It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Altavista can now relate to. They fell just short of the Riverheads Gladiators by a score of 3-2 on Monday. If the Colonels were looking for revenge after losing 3-0 to the Gladiators when the teams met back in November of 2019, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Altavista wouldn't go down easily and took Riverheads into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-12, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11.
Riverheads was led to victory by Hattie Croft and Emily Herndon. Croft had 16 digs and six aces, while Herndon had nine digs and two aces. Those six aces gave Croft a new career-high.
Altavista has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-14 record this season. As for Riverheads, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-14.
Altavista does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Riverheads, they will square off against Luray at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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