It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pine Hill can now relate to. They fell just short of the New Mexico School for the Deaf Roadrunners by a score of 3-2 on Friday. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Roadrunners 25-18 in the first set.
Pine Hill took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 18-25, 28-26, 22-25, 25-21, 15-9.
Layla Johnson paced Pine Hill's offense, picking up 13 kills. Johnson got some help from
Lovely Pino and her 33 assists. Pino and Johnson didn't slow down when it came to serving: they led the team with three apiece.
Pine Hill's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-7. As for New Mexico School for the Deaf, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-2.
Pine Hill does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Mexico School for the Deaf, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Elida on the 15th.
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