Ashley waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the South Brunswick Cougars 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Screaming Eagle also won the last time the pair played back in August.
Ashley was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-15, 15-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Leading Ashley to victory were Kate Johnson and Sarah Brannin. Johnson had 11 digs and six aces, while Brannin had 12 digs and 11 assists. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in aces.
Ashley kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That's the most blocks they've managed all season.
Ashley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-11 record this season. As for South Brunswick, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-5.
Ashley will head out to challenge West Brunswick at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for South Brunswick, they will square off against Laney at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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