It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Sunset can now relate to. They fell just short of the South Salem Saxons by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The Apollos haven't had much luck with the Saxons recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Sunset sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-9.
Avery Axmaker had an outrageously good game for South Salem as she had 21 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Axmaker has posted since back in September. Another player making a difference was Leah Ioane, who had 13 digs and two aces.
Sunset's loss dropped their record down to 13-12. As for South Salem, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 27-10-1.
Sunset does not have any more games scheduled as of now. South Salem has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Barlow on the 2nd.
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