It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Morgantown can now relate to. They fell just short of the Hedgesville Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Mohigans were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Eagles apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in August of 2023.
Morgantown actually scored more points across those five sets (107-104), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-20, 17-25, 27-25, 15-12.
When it comes to explaining why Morgantown lost, don't look at Dori Heiskell. Despite the final result, she had 13 digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Heiskell a new career-high.
Even though they lost, Morgantown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Kylee Anne East went supernova for Hedgesville, getting six digs and two aces. With that strong performance, East is now averaging an impressive 12 assists per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryana Ryder, who had seven digs and two aces.
Morgantown moved to 39-11 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak. As for Hedgesville, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 43-5-1.
As of now, neither Morgantown nor Hedgesville have any future games scheduled.
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