After flying high against Hazelwood East last Saturday, Burroughs came back down to earth. The Burroughs Bombers fell 3-1 to the Ladue Horton Watkins Rams on Tuesday. The Bombers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Rams apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October.
While Burroughs had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 20 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20.
Burroughs' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Bailey Biggs, who had 13 digs, and Georgia Hite, who had 27 kills, ten digs, and two aces. Hite has been hot for a while, having posted five or more kills the last 29 times she's played.
Even though they lost, Burroughs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 15 consecutive contests.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ladue Horton Watkins to victory, but perhaps none more so than Annie Levine, who had nine digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Levine a new career-high in aces.
Burroughs' defeat dropped their record down to 20-8-1. As for Ladue Horton Watkins, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 13-18-3.
Burroughs does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ladue Horton Watkins, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-1 loss against Lutheran on the 2nd.
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