It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Gateway can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lake Wales Highlanders by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Panthers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Highlanders apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2023.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Gateway sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 27-29, 15-7.
Even though they lost, Gateway was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive contests.
Vallery Rodriguez was a one-man wrecking crew for Lake Wales as she had 34 digs. Rodriguez is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 17 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Gateway has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season. As for Lake Wales, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-2.
As of now, neither Gateway nor Lake Wales have any future games scheduled.
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