Emerald came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 3-0 to the Liberty Lions. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lions this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in September.
While Liberty got the win, Emerald sure made them earn it: two sets took extra rallies. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 26-24, 26-24.
Liberty was led to victory by Siena Ahlrich and Ashlyn Cruz. Ahlrich had 21 digs and three aces, while Cruz had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces Ahlrich has posted over her last four matchups.
Emerald's loss dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Liberty, with the win, they broke their four-match losing streak and moved their record to 10-8.
Emerald has already played their next contest (against Dublin), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Liberty, they will head out on the road to face off against Pittsburg at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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