It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Allatoona can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Jonesboro Cardinals on Saturday.
Allatoona was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Jonesboro work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 27-25, 22-25, 25-20.
Despite the defeat, Allatoona had strong showings from Destiny Brown, who had 17 digs, and Bri Mcveigh, who had 12 digs. Brown has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last three times she's played.
Even though they lost, Allatoona was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Allatoona's loss dropped their record down to 30-14. As for Jonesboro, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 41-13 record this season.
Allatoona does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Jonesboro, they have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Marist at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Marist will roll in looking for their 25th straight victory, something Jonesboro surely won't give up without a fight.
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