If Decatur was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Mae Jemison last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Decatur Red Raiders fell just short of the Austin Black Bears by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Red Raiders in their matchups with the Black Bears: they've now lost three in a row.
Decatur actually scored more points across those five sets (102-95), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 19-25, 11-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Even though they lost, Decatur was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive games.
Austin found their leader in underclassman Avery Bailey, who had 11 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Bailey has posted since back in August.
Decatur now has a losing record at 20-21. As for Austin, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 24-11.
Decatur does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Austin, they will take on James Clemens at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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