After flying high against Portland on Wednesday, Cromwell came back down to earth. The Panthers fell just short of the East Hampton Bellringers by a score of 3-2 on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bellringers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 on September 4th.
Cromwell took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 19-25, 27-25, 15-11.
Elise Zerio paced Cromwell's offense, picking up 11 kills. Zerio got some help from Piper Kovacs and her 14 assists. Kovacs was also solid from the service line: she led the team with five aces.
East Hampton found their leader in sophomore Kylie Bigelow, who had 14 digs and two aces. Bigelow has been hot, having posted two or more aces the last five times she's played.
Cromwell's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for East Hampton, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 8-3.
Cromwell has already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Haddam-Killingworth on the 29th. East Hampton has also already played their next match (against Morgan), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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