It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cedar Grove-Belgium had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top against the Valders Vikings by a score of 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Rockets, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Cedar Grove-Belgium had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 10-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-22.
Olivia Bahr paced Cedar Grove-Belgium's offense, picking up ten kills. Bahr were helped by
Jolie Bialzik and
MADISYN JOHNSON, who contributed 16 assists each. Bialzik was also solid from the service line: she led the team with four aces.
When it comes to explaining why Valders lost, don't look at Addison Grall. Despite the final result, she had six digs and 25 assists. Grall has been hot recently, having posted 20 or more assists the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Audrey Wagner, who had three digs and 16 assists.
Cedar Grove-Belgium is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season. As for Valders, their defeat dropped their record down to 31-10.
Cedar Grove-Belgium has already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Bonduel on the 2nd. Valders does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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