With a playoff game on the line, Pierce rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Milford Eagles 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bluejays.
Pierce was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-105), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Nora Herian paced Pierce's offense, picking up 29 kills. Herian got some help from
Skylar Scholting and her 59 assists. Scholting was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Libbie Reil and Kira Schweitzer certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Reil had 13 digs and two aces, while Schweitzer had five digs.
Pierce has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Milford, their defeat dropped their record down to 24-10.
Pierce didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-2 loss against Wahoo on the 8th. Milford does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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