Forest Park entered their matchup against Washington on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Forest Park Rangers fell just short of the Washington Hatchets by a score of 3-2. It was the first time this season that the Rangers let down their fans at home.
Forest Park actually scored more points across those five sets (100-91), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-21, 13-25, 13-25, 15-7.
Emma Lagrange and Carli Hagedorn certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Lagrange had five digs and 23 assists, while Hagedorn had ten digs. Lagrange is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Forest Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 13.2.
Forest Park's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6. As for Washington, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Forest Park will square off against Heritage Hills at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Washington, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Evansville Memorial at 6:00 p.m.
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