It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Madison County can now relate to. They fell just short of the Prattville Christian Academy Panthers by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Tigers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September of 2023.
Madison County started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 24-26, 25-12, 25-18, 15-9.
Carleigh Lanford paced Madison County's offense, picking up 16 kills. Lanford got some help from
Addy Gustafson and her 30 assists. Finally,
Izzy Fearnside kept Madison County's defense grounded, leading the team with three blocks.
Brylee Byrd went supernova for Prattville Christian Academy, getting 21 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Byrd has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Fowler, who had nine digs.
Madison County's defeat dropped their record down to 38-14. As for Prattville Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 44-14 record this season.
Madison County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Prattville Christian Academy, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 win against Alexandria on the 30th.
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