Ladue Horton Watkins lost against Webster Groves back in August, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Ladue Horton Watkins Rams fell 3-1 to the Webster Groves Statesmen. The defeat continues a trend for the Rams in their matchups with the Statesmen: they've now lost seven in a row.
Ladue Horton Watkins took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-22, 22-25, 25-17, 26-24.
Despite the loss, Ladue Horton Watkins had strong showings from Sophi Strayhorn, who had seven digs and three aces, and Haidyn Giesie, who had 12 digs. The dominant performance gave Strayhorn a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Ladue Horton Watkins was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.2.
Webster Groves can attribute much of their success to Hannah Eickhoff, who had 13 digs and three aces.
Ladue Horton Watkins' defeat dropped their record down to 6-9-1. As for Webster Groves, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-10.
Ladue Horton Watkins will square off against Poplar Bluff on Saturday. As for Webster Groves, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against St. Pius X at 5:00 p.m.
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