It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pandora-Gilboa can now relate to. They fell just short of the Miller City Wildcats by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wildcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-1 back in September.
Pandora-Gilboa took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 24-26, 18-25, 25-18, 15-8.
Corrin Luginbill paced Pandora-Gilboa's offense, picking up 25 kills. Luginbill got some help from Cora Hovest and her 41 assists.
Miller City was led to victory by Payton Michel and Sophia Ruck. Michel had 37 assists and 13 digs, while Ruck had 17 assists and nine digs. That's the most assists Michel has posted since back in October of 2024.
Pandora-Gilboa's loss ended a four-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-7. As for Miller City, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 19-6.
Pandora-Gilboa does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Miller City, after both having extra time off, they and St. Paul will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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