It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Steamboat Springs can now relate to. They lost 3-0 to the Mead Mavericks on Saturday. The Sailors haven't had much luck with the Mavericks recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Steamboat Springs was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-14, 25-22.
Ava Hicks paced Steamboat Springs' offense, picking up nine kills. Hicks got some help from Cam Romero and her 15 assists. Hicks was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mead to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alana Costello, who had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces Costello has posted over her last six matches.
Steamboat Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 14-9. As for Mead, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 16-8.
Coincidentally, Steamboat Springs and Mead will both be playing Conifer the next time they take the court. The Sailors will head out to face the Lobos at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, while the Mavericks will play them later in the day, at 2:00 p.m.
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