Lake Howell and Buchholz squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Lake Howell had to settle for second. They lost 3-0 to the Bobcats. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bobcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-0 on October 4th.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-13, 25-20.
Natasha Casey paced Lake Howell's offense, picking up 16 kills. Casey got some help from Gladianis Agosto Rivera and her 12 assists. Gabriella Silva controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Buchholz found their leader in sophomore Julia Almond, who had 18 assists and seven digs. Almond has been hot, having posted 13 or more assists the last five times she's played.
This is the second loss in a row for Lake Howell and nudges their season record down to 21-8. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 20-6 Oviedo (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 78.5% over those games). As for Buchholz, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 20-5.
Lake Howell does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Buchholz, they will square off against Oviedo at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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