It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Liberty had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Mesa Jackrabbits as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory was nothing new for the Lions as they're now sitting on four straight.
Liberty never let Mesa on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-15, 25-23.
Leading Liberty to victory were Ella Petcu and Hayden Granger. Petcu had 16 digs and two aces, while Granger had six digs. That's the most aces Petcu has posted since back in October.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 20-11 record this season. As for Mesa, with the loss, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 28-13.
Liberty will take on Sunnyslope at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Sunnyslope has won three straight at home, while Liberty won three straight on the road), something that'll have to change. Mesa does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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