It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Poca can now relate to. They fell just short of the Charleston Catholic Irish by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The The Dots were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Irish apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played two weeks ago.
Poca actually scored more points across those five sets (101-97), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 26-24, 14-25, 17-25, 15-12.
Sophia Bailey paced Poca's offense, picking up 30 kills. Bailey got some help from
Abby Barnett and her 51 assists. Bailey was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Madalyn Morris had an outrageously good game for Charleston Catholic as she had 11 digs and two aces. Morris has been hot for a while, having also posted 14 or more assists the last 19 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Caroline Pence, who had 13 digs.
Poca has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 32-13-2 record this season. As for Charleston Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 33-11 record this season.
Poca does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Charleston Catholic, they will square off against Williamstown at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Charleston Catholic is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
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