With a playoff game on the line, Fort Edward rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Hartford Central Tanagers. The victory was familiar territory for the Flying Forts who have now won three contests in a row.
Fort Edward wouldn't go down easily and took Hartford Central into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-16, 26-28, 19-25, 20-18.
Rue Quarters paced Fort Edward's offense, picking up 17 kills. Quarters got some help from
Kyley Varney and her 35 assists.
Felicity Columbetti and
Ollie/Emily Cutler kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with three aces apiece.
Fort Edward is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7-1 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to aces: they averaged an imposing zero aces in those games compared to only zero in the others. As for Hartford Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-6.
As of now, neither Fort Edward nor Hartford Central have any future games scheduled.
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