It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lake Minneola can now relate to. They fell just short of the Niceville Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. It was the first time this season that the Hawks let down their fans at home.
Lake Minneola took Niceville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-6.
Even though they lost, Lake Minneola was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Niceville can attribute much of their success to Whitleigh Walsh, who had 15 digs and three aces. Walsh has been hot , having posted two or more aces the last six times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Aynzlie Nelson, who had three digs and two aces.
Lake Minneola's loss ended a 15-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-3. As for Niceville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-5 record this season.
Lake Minneola does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Niceville, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat against Oviedo on the 26th.
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