If Marian was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Burke last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Crusaders fell just short of the Millard South Patriots by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Crusaders were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Patriots earlier this season, when they won 2-0.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Marian sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 24-26, 25-19, 22-25, 15-9.
Taylor McLeay paced Marian's offense, picking up 22 kills. McLeay got some help from Addy Janke and her 49 assists. Kayla Brown and Erin Cramer kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with two aces apiece.
Marian's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2. As for Millard South, their win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-3.
Marian has already played their next matchup (against Papillion-LaVista), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Millard South, they will square off against Elkhorn South at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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