Payson lost against Northwest Christian back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Payson Longhorns fell just short of the Northwest Christian Crusaders by a score of 3-2. The Longhorns haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Payson wouldn't go down easily and took Northwest Christian into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-16, 15-11.
Payson's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Breeze Morgan, who had ten digs, and Jenna Schinstock, who had five digs.
Even though they lost, Payson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Brooklyn Blummentritt was a one-man wrecking crew for Northwest Christian as she had 22 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Blummentritt has posted since back in September.
Payson's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9. As for Northwest Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Payson will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on San Tan Foothills at 6:30 p.m. on October 14th. Payson is facing San Tan Foothills at the right time seeing as San Tan Foothills is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Northwest Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 win against Benjamin Franklin on the 3rd.
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