With a playoff game on the line, Sundance rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Hot Springs County Bobcats. This was payback for the Bulldogs, who suffered a 2-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Sundance had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 27-29, 25-21, 25-15, 25-17.
Jaylin Mills paced Sundance's offense, picking up 28 kills. Mills got some help from
Annika Haugen and her 44 assists. Mills was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Sundance is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-16-1 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to aces: they averaged an imposing 7.25 aces in those games compared to only 7.25 in the others. As for Hot Springs County, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Sundance has already played their next game, a 3-1 victory against Pine Bluffs on the 9th. Hot Springs County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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