On Saturday, Walnut faced Ingomar in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Walnut Wildcats fell just short of the Ingomar Falcons by a score of 2-1. The Wildcats' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Walnut started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-14, 15-8.
Ingomar found their leader in underclassman Abby Miller, who had five aces and 24 assists. The dominant performance gave Miller a new career-high in aces.
Walnut's loss dropped their record down to 16-4. As for Ingomar, their win bumped their record up to 25-1.
Walnut will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Hamilton at 5:00 p.m. As for Ingomar, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat vs. Lake Cormorant on the 14th.
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