After flying high against Harrison on Tuesday, Siloam Springs came back down to earth. The Panthers fell just short of the Farmington Cardinals by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their meetings with the Cardinals: they've now lost six in a row.
Siloam Springs took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 22-25, 24-26, 25-22, 15-8.
Erika Ellis paced Siloam Springs' offense, picking up 15 kills. Ellis got some help from Haley Thomas and her 45 assists. Thomas was also solid from the service line: she led the team with four aces.
Kennedie Browning had a dynamite game For Farmington., getting 18 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Browning has posted over her last seven matches.
Siloam Springs' loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Farmington, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 20-5-1.
Siloam Springs has already played their next contest, a 2-0 defeat against Conway on the 11th. As for Farmington, they will square off against Russellville at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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