With a playoff game on the line, Sterling rose to the challenge on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Strasburg Indians 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Tigers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Sterling wouldn't go down easily and took Strasburg into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 27-25, 20-25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-10.
Ady Santomaso paced Sterling's offense, picking up 17 kills. Santomaso got some help from
Shayleigh Ulrich and her 38 assists.
Kashley Sheets controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Sterling has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Strasburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-11.
Sterling has already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Centauri on the 15th. Strasburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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