It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Barr-Reeve had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They blew past the Linton-Stockton Miners 3-0. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Vikings also won the last time the pair played back in August.
Barr-Reeve never let Linton-Stockton on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 33-31, 25-21.
Barr-Reeve's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Josie Knepp led the charge by getting nine digs and 21 assists. With that strong performance, Knepp is now averaging an impressive 12.1 assists per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Hallie Knepp, who had eight digs and 25 assists.
Despite the loss, Linton-Stockton still got an impressive performance from Maelee Pilant, who had ten digs. Pilant has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last three times she's played.
Barr-Reeve has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-6 record this season. As for Linton-Stockton, with the loss, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 23-11.
After both having extra time off, Barr-Reeve and Eastern will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Eastern comes in on ten and Barr-Reeve on three. Linton-Stockton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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