With a playoff game on the line, Austintown-Fitch rose to the challenge on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Wooster Generals out 3-2. The win was familiar territory for the Falcons who have now won three contests in a row.
Austintown-Fitch was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-102), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 15-12.
Austintown-Fitch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Wooster lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Emily Boyd, who had nine digs.
Austintown-Fitch's victory bumped their record up to 20-5. As for Wooster, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 19-6.
Austintown-Fitch will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Avon at 1:00 p.m. Avon will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Austintown-Fitch surely won't give up without a fight. Wooster does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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