Our Lady of the Elms lost against First Baptist Christian back in September, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Our Lady of the Elms Panthers took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the First Baptist Christian Sabres. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Sabres: they've now lost five in a row.
Our Lady of the Elms started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-18.
Our Lady of the Elms' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Mariah Taylor, who had 14 digs, and Palmer Hampton, who had 21 digs, four aces, and three kills.
Our Lady of the Elms' loss dropped their record down to 13-7. As for First Baptist Christian, their win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: First Baptist Christian beat Our Lady of the Elms by a score of 3-1 later that day.
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