It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Tongue River can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Big Horn Rams on Saturday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Eagles of the 3-2 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture last Saturday.
Tongue River started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-19.
Lily Maslowski and Aubrey Kelty certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Maslowski had 15 digs and two aces, while Kelty had seven digs. Maslowski has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last four times she's played.
Even though they lost, Tongue River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
Tongue River's record now sits at 26-5-4. As for Big Horn, the victory (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 30-9.
As of now, neither Tongue River nor Big Horn have any future games scheduled.
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