It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mount Academy can now relate to. They came up short against the Portville Panthers on Saturday, falling 3-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Panthers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-0 on Friday.
Gina O'Connell paced Mount Academy's offense, picking up ten kills. O'Connell got some help from Marion Winter and her 24 assists. Finally, O'Connell was also a dominant defender, finishing with a team-high four blocks.
Portville had a senior duo take command as Addie Walker had four digs, three aces, and one block and Madison Ford had eight digs. Walker has been hot for a while, having also posted 12 or more assists the last 14 times she's played.
This is the second loss in a row for Mount Academy and nudges their season record down to 43-6-2. As for Portville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 37-3-2 record this season.
As of now, neither Mount Academy nor Portville have any future games scheduled.
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