Western lost against Tipton last Saturday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Western Panthers fell just short of the Tipton Blue Devils by a score of 3-2.
Western actually scored more points across those five sets (113-112), but sadly they still had to settle for second. After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 22-25, 19-17.
Despite the loss, Western still got an impressive performance from Brynley Erb, who had 28 digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Western was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Western's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Tipton, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-5.
Western didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss vs. Hamilton Heights on the 12th. Tipton has also already played their next match, a 3-2 defeat against Sheridan on the 16th.
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