It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Rockingham can now relate to. They fell just short of the Rockbridge County Wildcats by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
East Rockingham actually scored more points across those five sets (99-98), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-19, 16-25, 17-25, 15-12.
Even though they lost, East Rockingham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
East Rockingham's defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 20-4. As for Rockbridge County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-11.
East Rockingham does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Rockbridge County, they are on the road again on Monday to play Alleghany at 6:30 p.m. Alleghany will roll in looking for their 13th straight win, something Rockbridge County surely won't give up without a fight.
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