It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Decatur can now relate to. They fell just short of the Athens Golden Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Red Raiders in their matchups with the Golden Eagles: they've now lost eight in a row.
Decatur took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 14-25, 29-27, 15-6.
Decatur's defeat dropped their record down to 20-22. As for Athens, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-13 record this season.
Decatur does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Athens, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Muscle Shoals on the 17th.
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