It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Parkland can now relate to. They fell just short of the Liberty Hurricanes by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Trojans of the 3-2 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September.
Parkland actually scored more points across those five sets (112-110), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-23, 24-26, 19-25, 17-15.
Parkland's loss came despite strong showings from Ava Brunnabend and Izzy Fekula. Brunnabend had 25 digs and three aces, while Fekula had 31 digs. Danielle Gordon was another key player, getting 17 digs and two aces.
Even though they lost, Parkland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Liberty was led to victory by Eva Madeira and Ava Panik. Madeira had 13 digs, while Panik had eight digs.
Parkland's defeat dropped their record down to 21-11. As for Liberty, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 19-9-5.
As of now, neither Parkland nor Liberty have any future games scheduled.
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