After flying high against Bedford North Lawrence last Tuesday, Bloomington South came back down to earth. The Bloomington South Panthers lost 3-0 to the Center Grove Trojans on Thursday. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-10, 26-24.
Bloomington South's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Lake Butiste, who had six digs and two aces. That's the most aces Butiste has posted in her last seven matches.
Even though they lost, Bloomington South was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.
Savannah Cook was the offensive standout of the contest as she had eight digs and two aces.
The loss snapped Bloomington South's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 11-12 record. As for Center Grove, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-5.
Bloomington South will venture away from home to challenge Columbus East at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Center Grove, they will welcome Jennings County at 7:15 p.m. on Monday.
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