After flying high against East last Wednesday, Our Lady of the Elms came back down to earth. The Our Lady of the Elms Panthers fell just short of the Andrews Osborne Academy Phoenix by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Phoenix: they've now lost three in a row.
Our Lady of the Elms actually scored more points across those five sets (109-106), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 28-26, 25-20, 17-25, 15-13.
Even though they lost, Our Lady of the Elms was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive contests.
Our Lady of the Elms' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-6. As for Andrews Osborne Academy, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-11.
Our Lady of the Elms didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-1 win against Mentor Christian on the 12th. After both having extra time off, Andrews Osborne Academy and Chalker will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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