After flying high against Towanda last Tuesday, Wellsboro came back down to earth. The Wellsboro Hornets fell just short of the Coudersport Falcons by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. The Hornets were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Falcons apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played last Saturday.
Wellsboro took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 21-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-12.
Wellsboro's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Taylor Main, who had 14 digs and seven aces. The dominant performance gave Main a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddy Cruttenden, who had 23 digs.
Emilee Ruter had an outrageously good game for Coudersport as she had 22 digs and six aces. Ruter is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last nine games she's played.
Wellsboro's loss dropped their record down to 9-3. As for Coudersport, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-5.
Wellsboro didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-2 victory vs. North Penn-Liberty on the 30th. Coudersport has also already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Northern Potter on the 30th.
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